Andrey Gubin: Is there a naval arms race in the Asia Pacific?
... all the profits in Yellow, East and South China Seas in the nearest 2-3 years. Then, up to 2020 it’s presumed to obtain capabilities to operate freely in seas of Okhotsk and Japan as well in domains reaching Marianas and Carolinas. After 2020 China may have potential strong enough to oppose the USA near Hawaii and wherever in the Pacific. Today, PLA Navy doesn’t even train to attack USSs however rising naval power is considered to be a threat by key actors. In spite of above mentioned we cannot draw a direct analogy with American-Chinese ...
22.09.2014
