Chinese Navy: Operational Challenge or Potential Partner?

I urge you all to WATCH THE VIDEO of the USNI/AFCEA West 2013 conference panel: “Chinese Navy: Operational Challenge or Potential Partner?” Particularly, Toshi Yoshihara at 38:20. Panelists include: Moderator Dr. David M. Finkelstein Vice President and Director, China Studies, Center for Naval Analyses Dr. Jacqueline Deal President and CEO, Long-Term Strategy Group CAPT James…

What China Wants for Christmas

I’m still waiting for someone to explain to me how the U.S. Navy plans to defend itself against a Chinese multi-layer, multi-directional saturation bombardment from anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) and new carrier-killer DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM). How many RIM-161 Standard Missile 3s (SM-3) would the U.S. Navy carrier task force need to intercept a…