– Chinese Navy – China’s Navy: A Turn to Corbett? – Chinese navalists have been mixing some Sir Julian Corbett into their Mahanian cocktails lately. That is wise on their part, and something that bears American scrutiny.

– Air Force – New generations of enemy missiles, and a willingness to use them, could put air bases under siege like never before.

– China Security – Thomas P.M. Barnett takes a look at the Air Sea Battle Concept.

– Air Force – The unchecked growth of China’s military seems designed to blunt US advantages.

– AsiaEye – Has China launched an ocean-surveillance satellite constellation?

– The Diplomat – In this first in a series on the region’s navies, The Diplomat looks at how to measure naval power—including the US and China’s.

– New York Times – Why the younger generation of Chinese military officers dislikes the U.S.

– Defense Technology International – Has China cracked the secret of building stealth submarines?

– New York Times – The diplomatic discord set off by Japan’s recent detention of a Chinese fishing trawler captain points to what foreign military officials say is a growing source of friction along China’s borders: civilian vessels plying disputed waters — and sometimes acting as proxies for the Chinese Navy.

– The Diplomat – Reports of the death of the PLA’s naval expansion are exaggerated. Any lull in development is likely to prove temporary.

– Washington Post – Robert D. Kaplan writes that the greatest geopolitical development that has occurred largely beneath the radar of our Middle East-focused media over the past decade has been the rise of Chinese sea power.

– The Australian – Tensions between China and Japan are a worrying reminder that Asia’s maritime security order is under dangerous strain.

Thanks to Cris for the link!

– Asia Times – Among all of Beijing’s options to challenge US naval supremacy, the weapon that sends chills down China’s opponents’ spines is what is regarded as a Wunderwaffe, or wonder weapon, the Dong Feng 21D, the world’s first anti-ship ballistic missile. If the assessments of observers prove correct, China’s wonder weapon is to make its way into history books – with it, China would be able to take on the US Navy’s aircraft carriers, the pride of the US military.

Christian Science Monitor – China warships dock in Burma, rattling rival naval power India

China and India have overlapping ambitions in the Indian Ocean. So as China flexes its naval reach, India is left debating how to assume leadership in the Indian Ocean.

Associated Press – Chinese navy to hold drills in Yellow Sea

China said Sunday its navy will stage live-ammunition drills in the Yellow Sea this week, after it condemned U.S.-South Korean joint naval exercises in the region and vowed to respond in kind.

University of Sydney – The Gathering Storm: China’s Challenge to US Power in Asia

Transcript of the fourth annual Michael Hintze Lecture in International Security, delivered by Professor John Mearsheimer.

(Thanks to Cris for the link!)

Defense Technology International – China Report – No Alarmism Allowed

Bill Sweetman writes that the Pentagon’s new report on China’s military power is so muted that it is no longer even called that. Although the filename includes the acronym CMPR – China Military Power Report – the title is “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China”, which reads a little as if China’s military was expanding and modernizing all by itself. China’s leaders are not as inhibited, dropping hints in recent days that first tests are imminent of the Dong Feng 21D (DF-21D) anti-ship ballistic missile system, accompanied by artwork showing its intended mission.

Wall Street Journal – U.S. Sounds Alarm at China’s Military Buildup

In its annual report to Congress on Chinese military capabilities, the Pentagon voiced alarm over China’s military buildup, saying it was expanding its advantage over Taiwan and investing heavily in ballistic and cruise missile capabilities that could one day pose a challenge to U.S. dominance in the western Pacific.

Associated Press – Chinese missile could shift Pacific power balance

U.S. naval planners are scrambling to deal with what analysts say is a game-changing weapon being developed by China – an unprecedented carrier-killing missile called the Dong Feng 21D that could be launched from land with enough accuracy to penetrate the defenses of even the most advanced moving aircraft carrier at a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles).

The Diplomat – China Air Force Steps it Up

US assumptions about China’s air power look outdated. It’s building a force that will be without rival in the Asia-Pacific.

PTI – China naval exercises to counter US-S Korean moves

In a move that could escalate tensions in the surcharged Korean peninsula, China said its military forces would kick-off live ammunition exercises in East China Sea from tomorrow in an apparent response to a joint naval manoeuvres between US and South Korea.

Foreign Affairs – Q&A With Robert Kaplan on China

Robert D. Kaplan answers questions about China’s expanding naval power. His book Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power will be published in the fall.

US Naval Institute Proceedings – ‘Get Off the Fainting Couch’

Have fretful descriptions of China’s medium-range antiship ballistic missile endangered America’s strategic standing in the Pacific Basin? Its time to stop worrying and start managing the Chinese ASBM threat.

US Naval Institute Proceedings – Scanning the Horizon for ‘New Historical Missions’

The Chinese Navy is the special beneficiary of its government’s embrace of ‘externalization.’

International Institute for Strategic Studies – Chinese navy’s new strategy in action

The news from Tokyo on 10 April 2010 that the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force had monitored ten Chinese warships passing 140km south of Okinawa through the Miyako Strait marked a new stage in China’s naval development. The deployment was of unprecedented size and scope for the Chinese navy, and was the second such operation mounted by China in rapid succession: in March, a smaller flotilla had been deployed on exercises. The two sets of exercises, along with Chinese counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, demonstrate the flexibility of China’s naval forces and their greater prominence in Beijing’s strategic calculations.