NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence: ChineseNavy

Chinese Navy - New Chinese Missiles Target the Greater Asian Region

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:07:01 GMT

International Assessment and Strategy Center - A look at China's new anti-ship ballistic missiles.

Chinese Navy - Striking the US where it hurts (Part 1)

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:59:04 GMT

Asia Times - A very interesting look (from 2006) at possible scenarios for future conflicts between China and the US...and how China would wage asymmetric warfare against the US.

Asia Times - The assassin's mace (Part 2).

Asia Times - If it comes to a shooting war ... .

Chinese Navy - Into the wide blue yonder

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:43:02 GMT

Economist - Asia's main powers are building up their navies. Is this the start of an arms race?

Chinese Navy - Chinese nuclear submarine base

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:58:37 GMT

Daily Telegraph - China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region.

Chinese Navy - Chinese Submarine Fleet Is Growing, Analysts Say

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:36:37 GMT

New York Times - Several recent events, from an eagle-eyed spotting of an image on Google Earth to an overt military delivery from Russia, suggest that China is continuing its rapid expansion of a submarine fleet that would be particularly useful in a conflict with the United States over Taiwan.

Chinese Navy - Lost At Sea

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:49:07 GMT

New York Times - Robert Kaplan writes that the ultimate strategic effect of the Iraq war has been to hasten the arrival of the Asian Century.

Chinese Navy - Chinese navy starts long march

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:20:28 GMT

UPI - China is bent on the simultaneous development of both an aircraft carrier and a strategic nuclear submarine, or SSBN. Discussions over which should take priority are over, as a higher military budget allocation has accelerated the People’s Liberation Army navy’s ambitious plan.

Chinese Navy - The long march to be a superpower

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:59:39 GMT

Economist - The People's Liberation Army is investing heavily to give China the military muscle to match its economic power. But can it begin to rival America?

Chinese Navy - Chinese build five nuclear subs

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 31 May 2007 10:21:10 GMT

Financial Times - China has surprised the Pentagon with the pace of development of a new class of submarine that threatens the nuclear balance by providing Beijing with a more robust nuclear deterrent. The Chinese navy is developing a fleet of five nuclear ballistic missile submarines. The Jin class submarines would provide a much stronger nuclear deterrent because they would be armed with the new long-range JL-2 missile.

Chinese Navy - China's Military Buildup

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:46:05 GMT

Aviation Week - The Defense Department has released its annual report on China's military strategy and modernization, which seems focused on information warfare and joint forces. The whole report is here.

Chinese Navy - China intent on aircraft carrier

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:40:41 GMT

Washington Times - The new commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific and Asia says he found Chinese military leaders intensely interested in acquiring aircraft carriers during a recent visit to that country.

Chinese Navy - China is accused of fuelling Pacific arms race as submarine orders rise

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:58:16 GMT

Daily Telegraph - A dramatic increase in the number of submarines being built in southeast Asia has sparked claims that a new arms race is under way beneath the waves in the Western Pacific.

Chinese Navy - China expands sub fleet

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:30:34 GMT

Washington Times - China's military is engaged in a major buildup of submarines that includes five new strategic nuclear-missile boats and several advanced nuclear-powered attack submarines, according to the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Chinese Navy - China, U.S. stage search-and-rescue drill

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:50:20 GMT

Xinhua - The navies of China and the United States held a search-and-rescue exercise on the South China Sea on Sunday morning.

Chinese Navy - Defenses on subs to be reviewed

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:20:37 GMT

Washington Times - Navy officials confirmed that an aircraft carrier battle group failed to detect a Chinese submarine that surfaced within weapons range of the USS Kitty Hawk.

Washington Times - Admiral says sub risked a shootout.

Chinese Navy - China sub stalked U.S. fleet

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:22:38 GMT

Washington Times - A Chinese submarine stalked the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected.

Chinese Navy - China’s Aircraft Carrier Dilemma

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:48:31 GMT

Naval War College Review - What even a modest aircraft carrier can do, in a variety of roles, has impressed itself upon the Chinese. They have avoided buying the wrong platform at the wrong time—conventional large-deck ships may no longer be their “gold standard”—but aircraft carriers of some kind may yet complement their submarine-centered navy.

Chinese Navy - Maritime Geostrategy and the Development of the Chinese Navy in the Early Twenty-first Century

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:29:38 GMT

Naval War College Review - A Senior Captain in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, writing in 2004 in China’s most prestigious military journal, surveys the now favorable geostrategic environment for accelerated Chinese maritime development, thereby articulating a rationale for a PLA Navy that is prepared to "defend a larger scope."

Chinese Navy - Chinese fleet visits San Diego

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:59:16 GMT

Xinhua - The Chinese Navy makes a port call at San Diego.

Chinese Navy - China and U.S. hold naval exercises off Hawaii

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:09:37 GMT

Reuters - The Chinese and US navies are exercising off of Hawaii.

Chinese Navy - China takes delivery of the 4th Sovremenny destroyer from Russia

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:11:35 GMT

Deutsche Presse Agentur - China has taken delivery of a fourth Sovremenny- class destroyer acquired from Russia.

Chinese Navy - Chinese Navy's medical detachment conducts offshore exercise

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:09:45 GMT

Xinhua - The medical detachment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held a seven-day exercise under the complicated circumstances of a maritime battlefield.

Chinese Navy - China’s Maturing Navy

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:10:43 GMT

US Naval War College Review - A new and much more capable Chinese navy, especially its submarine force, is being acquired and deployed. It is not yet mature, but its rapid and impressive modernization is making it a navy that is arguably the only one that the U.S. Navy must deter or be able to defeat—unless, under other circumstances, it becomes a high-seas partner.

Chinese Navy - The Perils of Threat Inflation

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:42:53 GMT

Defense and the National Interest - William Lind comments on the Defense Department’s annual report to Congress, Military Power of the People’s Republic of China, 2006.

Chinese Navy - China's Nuclear Forces

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:41:33 GMT

Imaging Notes - An exclusive preview of China’s limited nuclear capabilities, the full report of which will be published by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Federation of American Scientists later this year. The story features a first look at China’s nuclear submarine, the Xia, and shows how commercial remote sensing can unwrap some of the mysteries of countries and regions in the world to which we have limited access.

Chinese Navy - China's navy flexing 'soft power'

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:41:45 GMT

Taipei Times - Chinese leaders are acutely conscious of the sea's importance to their country's economic development and, indirectly, to their political survival. They have come to view defending the sea lanes where merchant ships haul the oil, gas and other raw materials needed to fuel the economy as a vital national interest. China is less and less content to entrust its interests at sea to the uncertain goodwill of the US, its rival for regional pre-eminence and Asia's long-time guardian of maritime security.

Accordingly, China has embarked on an assertive foreign policy in Southeast and South Asia, which adjoin the sea lines of communication connecting Chinese seaports with the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Its strategy: to build up sea power, measured in ships, bases and alliances.

Chinese Navy - Chinese ships arrive for wargame

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:44:53 GMT

APP - Two Chinese Navy ships arrived to carry out first-ever joint exercise with the Pakistan Navy outside the Chinese territorial waters.

Chinese Navy - Shifts in Pacific Force U.S. Military To Adapt Thinking

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:39:34 GMT

Washington Post - Another look at the threat posed by China's military rise.

Chinese Navy - The Modernization of the Chinese Navy

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:15:18 GMT

Power and Interest News Report - A number of advanced warships will gradually come into service in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (P.L.A.N.) in the next two years. The bulk of these ships will belong to two new guided missile destroyer classes called 052B and 052C. The 052C will be fitted with an advanced integrated air defense system, supposedly similar to the U.S. Aegis phased-array radar display, with a high capability to engage multiple targets simultaneously.

Chinese Navy - Japan's Rivalry With China Is Stirring a Crowded Sea

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:41:20 GMT

New York Times - In a muscular display of its rising military and economic might, China deployed a fleet of five warships on Friday near a gas field in the East China Sea, a potentially resource-rich area that is disputed by China and Japan.

Chinese Navy - Why does China need that navy?

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:27:56 GMT

Washinton Times - The new commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Gary Roughhead, an interested onlooker of the joint Chinese-Russian military maneuvers during the past eight days, has posed a critical question about the rapidly modernizing Chinese navy: "What do [the Chinese] see as the intended use of that navy? "

Chinese Navy - China Reportedly Refitting Soviet Aircraft Carrier

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:41:41 GMT

NPR - The Chinese Navy is repairing an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, according to media reports. While it would require more work to make it functional, the vessel would be China's first carrier. Michele Norris talks with Andrew Koch of Jane's Defence Weekly.

Koch and his colleague Yihong Chang report this week on repairs that China's People's Liberation Army Navy is making to the carrier Varyag. In images obtained by Jane's, workers at the Chinese Dalian Shipyard appear to have repainted the Varyag in the country's military colors.

The ship, built in the 1980s, was auctioned by Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union. It was purchased by a Hong Kong company, with the stated purpose of creating a hotel and resort craft.

Chinese Navy - Pentagon report warns of China's growing submarine fleet

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:14:24 GMT

Chicago Tribune - A just-released Pentagon report to Congress carries a strong warning that China's rapidly expanding and improving submarine fleet poses a mounting military threat to the United States.

Chinese Navy - Japan defence paper urges vigilance on China's navy

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:27:25 GMT

Reuters - China's military modernisation, including apparent plans for a deep-water navy, needs to be monitored closely to determine whether it exceeds requirements for self-defence, a Japanese defence report said on Tuesday.

Chinese Navy - Chinese Buildup Seen as Threat to Region

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:57:10 GMT

Washington Post - China's military buildup is broadening the reach of its forces in Asia and poses a long-term threat not only to Taiwan but to the U.S. military in the Pacific and to regional powers such as India and Japan, according to an assessment released yesterday by the Pentagon.

Chinese Navy - Analysts missed Chinese buildup

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:02:56 GMT

Washington Times - A new intelligence report states that the US has missed a Chinese naval buildup over the last 10 years.

Chinese Navy - Chinese Sub May Have Caught Fire in South China Sea

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:55:25 GMT

Agence France Presse - Did the damaged Chinese submarine catch fire while submerged?

Chinese Navy - Chinese sub suffers accident in South China Sea

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:17:18 GMT

Agence France Press - A Chinese navy submarine has been damaged during exercises in the South China Sea, Beijing said Tuesday, but officials refused to say whether there were any casualties.

Chinese Navy - China Builds a Smaller, Stronger Military

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:57:15 GMT

Washington Post - A top-to-bottom modernization is transforming the Chinese military, raising the stakes for U.S. forces long dominant in the Pacific.

Chinese Navy - Rumsfeld Warns of Concern About Expansion of China's Navy

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:52:15 GMT

New York Times - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that the Pentagon was closely monitoring the growth of China's navy as part of that country's overall military buildup.

Chinese Navy - U.S. rule of Pacific waves faces China challenge

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:43:28 GMT

New York Times - Ever since the U.S. Marine Corps defeated Japanese forces here 60 years ago, the Marianas have been widely considered an American lake. Now, the United States may have to get used to sharing the western Pacific with China, the world's rising naval power.

Chinese Navy - Inside the Ring

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 12:37:00 GMT

Washington Times - More details on the Chinese submarine that entered Japanese territorial waters recently.

Chinese Navy - China tests ballistic missile submarine

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 12:33:44 GMT

Washington Times - China's military has launched the first of a new class of ballistic missile submarines in what defense officials view as a major step forward in Beijing's strategic weapons program. The new 094-class submarine was launched in late July and when fully operational in the next year or two will be the first submarine to carry the underwater-launched version of China's new DF-31 missile.

Chinese Navy - China stages 'invasion' as warning to Taiwan

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:20:54 GMT

Daily Telegraph - The most aggressive practice run to be staged by China for an invasion of Taiwan is terrifying the inhabitants of a tiny archipelago in the South China Sea.

Chinese Navy - New Chinese Submarine

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:35:54 GMT

Strategy Page - A look at China's newest submarines.

Chinese Navy - Chinese Produce New Type of Sub

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:42:26 GMT

Washington Times - China has a new diesel-powered submarine under construction - the Yuan class - which was unknown to Western intelligence.

Chinese Navy - China tests 'D-Day invasion' of Taiwan

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 11:17:23 GMT

The Times - Chinese soldiers will for the first time rehearse a D-Day-style invasion of Taiwan on a densely populated island off the mainland coast this month.