Asia Looks Seaward

26. Ibid.


27. Unless otherwise specified, data for this paragraph are derived from ‘‘Shang class
    (Type 093) (SSN),’’ Submarines—Attack Submarines (SSN), China,Jane’s Fighting Ships,
    January 29, 2007, http://www.janes.com.


28. Richard D. Fisher, Jr., ‘‘Trouble Below: China’s Submarines Pose Regional, Strategic
    Challenges,’’Armed Forces Journal,March 2006, 34.


29. ‘‘Defense Production and R&D, China,’’Jane’s Sentinel Security Assessment—China and
    Northeast Asia,December 13, 2006, http://www.janes.com.


30. Unless otherwise specified, data for this paragraph are derived from ‘‘Jin class
    (Type 094) (SSBN),’’ Submarines—Strategic Missile Submarines, China,Jane’s Fighting Ships,
    January 29, 2007, http://www.janes.com.


31. Scott Bray, ‘‘Seapower Questions on the Chinese Submarine Force,’’ Federation of
    American Scientists Web site, December 20, 2006, http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/
    ONI2006.pdf.


32. Ibid.


33. Zhao Daxun and Li Guoxing,USN Submarines’ Design Characteristics and Quality
    Control(Harbin: Harbin Engineering University Press, 2000), 2.


34. He Shan, ‘‘Can the ‘Virginia’ Class Become the New Century’s Maritime Hegemon?’’
    Modern Navy10 (2004): 18–21.


35. Yang Yi, ‘‘Who Can Estimate the Future Number of Submarines?’’Naval and
    Merchant Ships,July 2006, 28.


36. See, for example, Wang Hui, ‘‘Weaponry and Equipment for Attacking Carriers,’’
    Modern Navy10 (2004): 34.


37. Ying Nan, ‘‘The Military Employmentand Characteristics of Offensive Mine
    Warfare,’’Naval & Merchant Ships40 (September 1999): 10.


38. Wang Wei, ‘‘Enduring and Yet Fully Relevant: A Discussion of Sea Mines,’’National
    Defense,November 2002, 58.


39. Hou Jianjun, ‘‘U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Equipment,’’Modern Navy6 (2003): 27.


40. ‘‘Three Assassin’s Maces for an Aircraft Carrier: Submarines, Mines, and Anti-ship
    Missiles,’’Ship Electronic Engineering5 (May 2001): 80.


41. Hai Lin, ‘‘An Evaluation of the People’s Liberation Army’s Sea Mine Warfare Combat
    Strength,’’World Outlook9 (May 2005): 16.


42. Bray, ‘‘Seapower Questions.’’


43. Pentagon,Military Power of the People’s Republic of China,5.


44. Bray, ‘‘Seapower Questions.’’


45. Zhang Shen, ‘‘The Chinese Navy’s New Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Revealed,’’
    China Advanced Military Power64 (July 2006), 57.


46. Pentagon,Military Power of the People’s Republic of China,3.


47. Ibid., 4.


48. Unless otherwise indicated, this paragraph is derived from ‘‘Procurement—China.’’


49. For this quote and additional background on the Type 071, see Richard Fisher,
    ‘‘China’s New Large Amphibious Assault Ship,’’ International Assessment & Strategy Center,
    January 8, 2007, http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.136/pub_detail.asp.


50. Pentagon,Military Power of the People’s Republic of China,46.


51. ‘‘Air Force—China,’’Jane’s Sentinel Security Assessment—China and Northeast Asia,
    January 5, 2007, http://www.janes.com.


52. Ibid.

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