Contents

Introduction
Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray, and Andrew R. Wilson

China’s Maturing Navy
Eric A. McVadon

China’s Maritime Strategy
Bernard D. Cole

China’s Emerging Military Doctrine:
A Role for Nuclear Submarines?

Paul H. B. Godwin

An Overview of the PLAN Submarine Force
William S. Murray

China’s Undersea Nuclear Deterrent:
Will the U.S. Navy Be Ready?

Christopher McConnaughy

Naval Implications of China’s Nuclear Power Development
Shawn Cappellano-Sarver

The Impact of Foreign Technology on China’s Submarine Force and Operations
Richard D. Fisher, Jr.

International Law and the November 2004 “Han Incident”
Peter A. Dutton

China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force:
Insights from Chinese Writings

Andrew S. Erickson and Lyle J. Goldstein

C3 in the Chinese Submarine Fleet
Garth Hekler, Ed Francis, and James Mulvenon

China’s Aircraft Carrier Dilemma
Andrew S. Erickson and Andrew R. Wilson

Cold War SSN Operations: Lessons for Understanding Chinese Naval Development
James Patton

Cold War Insights into China’s New Ballistic-Missile Submarine Fleet
Robert G. Loewenthal

Meeting the Chinese Naval Challenge:
Lessons from the 1980s

Peter M. Swartz

U.S. Ballistic-Missile Defense and China’s Undersea Nuclear Deterrent: A Preliminary Assessment
Toshi Yoshihara

Sea Denial with Chinese Characteristics
Michael McDevitt

China’s New Nuclear Fleet and the U.S. Navy
Thomas G. Mahnken

Acronyms

About the Contributors

Index