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CRS Report for Congress: China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress: April 9, 2010 - RL331

CRS Report for Congress: China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress: April 9, 2010 - RL331

O'Rourke, Ronald
Congressional Research Service the Libr

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1287592562
ISBN13: 9781287592563
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Sep 17 2013
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.11 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
The question of how the United States should respond to China's military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. The issue is of particular importance to the U.S. Navy, because many U.S. military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy's budget. Decisions that Congress and the executive branch make regarding U.S. Navy programs for countering improved Chinese maritime military capabilities could affect the likelihood or possible outcome of a potential U.S.-Chinese military conflict in the Pacific over Taiwan or some other issue. Some observers consider such a conflict to be very unlikely, in part because of significant U.S.-Chinese economic linkages and the tremendous damage that such a conflict could cause on both sides. In the absence of such a conflict, the U.S.-Chinese military balance in the Pacific could influence day-to-day choices made by other Pacific countries, including choices on whether to align their policies more closely with China or the United States. In this sense, decisions that Congress and the executive branch make regarding U.S. Navy programs for countering improved Chinese maritime military forces could influence the political evolution of the Pacific, which in turn ...

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