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