Naval Intelligence Issues First-Ever Unclassified Study of China's Navy

By Jason Sherman / March 14, 2007 at 5:00 AM
The Office of Naval Intelligence has produced a new study of China's navy that is designed to foster better understanding among U.S. naval officers of an increasingly influential foreign sea power that aims to challenge U.S. naval supremacy on the world's seas. Published last month, the 130-page document -- which describes China's naval organizational structure, leadership, political system, doctrine, force structure and modernization efforts -- marks the first time the Suitland, MD -based agency has issued an unclassified survey of...

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