Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course

Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course

by Andrew Sven Erickson (Editor)
Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course

Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course

by Andrew Sven Erickson (Editor)

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Overview

China‘s shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history. Commercial shipbuilding output jumped thirteen-fold from 2002–12, ensuring that Beijing has largely reached its goal of becoming the world‘s leading shipbuilder. Yet progress is uneven, with military shipbuilding leading overall but with significant weakness in propulsion and electronics for military and civilian applications. It has never been more important to assess what ships China can supply its navy and other maritime forces with, today and in the future. Chinese Naval Shipbuilding answers three pressing questions: What are China‘s prospects for success in key areas of naval shipbuilding? What are the likely results for China‘s navy? What are the implications for the U.S. Navy? To address these critical issues, this volume assembles some of the world‘s leading experts and linguistic analysts, often pairing them in research teams. These sailors, scholars, industry professionals, and government specialists have commanded ships at sea, led shipbuilding programs ashore, toured Chinese vessels and production facilities, invested in Chinese shipyards, and analyzed and presented important data to top-level decision-makers in times of crisis. In synthesizing their collective insights, this book fills a key gap in our understanding of China, its shipbuilding industry, its navy, and what it all means.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781682479001
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication date: 02/15/2023
Series: Studies in Chinese Maritime Development
Pages: 376
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Andrew S. Erickson is a professor of strategy at the Naval War College and an associate in research at Harvard’s Fairbank Center. In 2013, he deployed as a Regional Security Education Program scholar aboard the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Erickson runs the research websites www.andrewerickson.com and www.chinasignpost.com.

Table of Contents

List of Exhibits xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction. China's Military Shipbuilding Industry Steams Ahead, On What Course? 1

Part I Foundation and Resources

Warfare Drivers: Mission Needs and the Impact on Ship Design 19

Status, Goals, Prospects: Party-State Strategic Requirements for China's Shipbuilding Industry 41

Resources for China's State Shipbuilders: Now Including Global Capital Markets 62

Part II Shipyard Infrastructure

Key Factors in Chinese Shipyards' Development and Performance: Commercial-Military Synergy and Divergence 75

Chinas Naval Strength: Current and Future 107

Monitoring Chinese Shipbuilding Facilities with Satellite Imagery 134

Civil-Military Integration Potential in Chinese Shipbuilding 144

Part III Naval Architecture and Design

PLAN Warship Construction and Standardization 167

China's Military Shipbuilding Research, Development, and Acquisition System 177

China's Civilian Shipbuilding in Competitive Context: An Asian Industrial Perspective 189

Part IV Remaining Shipbuilding Challenges

PLA Shipboard Electronics: Impeding China's Naval Modernization 221

Underpowered: Chinese Conventional and Nuclear Naval Power and Propulsion 238

China's Aircraft Carrier Program: Drivers, Developments, Implications 249

Part V Conclusions and Alternative Futures

Maximal Scenario: Expansive Naval Trajectory to "China's Naval Dream" 261

Medium Scenario: World's Second "Far Seas" Navy by 2020 274

Technological "Wild Cards" and Twenty-First-Century Naval Warfare 296

How China's Shipbuilding Output Might Affect Requirements for U.S. Navy Capabilities 317

List of Acronyms 333

About the Contributors 337

Index 341

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