The 4th anniversary of escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast carried out by the taskforces of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). English Daily
In Truth, China's Navy Is A Paper Tiger -- Paul Dibb, Real Clear Defense/The Australian
The recent transit of three Chinese warships between Java and Christmas Island, as well as the new Chinese aircraft carrier being deployed in the South China Sea, are causing predictable overreaction.
The fact is that neither of these are momentous events and they certainly do not herald the coming of Chinese naval superiority in the Western Pacific.
China is still way behind advanced navies, such as those of the US. It will be a long time before it has a true distant power projection capability able to wage sustained naval warfare. It has no history of carrying out modern warfare at sea or in the air and if it confronts the US on the high seas it will certainly lose.
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My Comment: The Chinese may be outclassed by the U.S. Navy .... but China is operating on a 20-30 year plan .... a plan in which it will be the dominant navy in East Asia/western Pacific. If trends continue .... they will probably achieve this objective sooner rather than later.
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