China's Rising Sea Power: The PLA Navy's Submarine Challenge Review

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China's Rising Sea Power: The PLA Navy's Submarine Challenge ReviewOn October 26 2006 a Chinese diesel-electric submarine of the "Song" class surfaced at a distance of just 5 nautical miles from the US carrier "Kitty Hawk", south of Okinawa, without previously been detected! This impressive piece of news which made its way to the headlines around the world, made me look for a good book on the PLAN's expanding submarine fleet, and Peter Howarth's work proved to be the best choise. The book has it all: it is very recently published, it is grounded on solid facts and hard study of all available sources and it contains the strategic, the operational and the tactical view of the subject. The author gives convincing (and very astonishing sometimes) answers to a plethora of questions, like: Why China gives so much emphasis to her Navy? Who had the idea to shift PLAN's ambitions from a poor quality coastal defence force to a real blue water navy? Why did the Chinese reversed that course after the 1991 Gulf War and why did the freeze the construction (or purchase) of a carrier fleet? What's the level of training of the PLAN's submarine crews? What kind of problems did the Chinese face with the first quartet of "Kilo" class submarines they purchased from Russia? Why is their only SSBN ("Xia" class) a practically useless "sitting duck"? What are the really impressive characteristics of the new submarines currently under construction in China? Why it's not really necessary to make an amphibious assault in order to bring Taiwan to its knees? What advantages give the marine enviroment of China's coasts to a diesel-electric submarine against a nuclear powered one? How did the Chinese naval strategists learn from the Soviet Navy's experiences during the Cold War? How do they plan to seize Taiwan? What are Beijing's far strategic goals? Are the US carriers really vulnerable to Chinese submarines? This is an excellent book for everyone interested in the troubled naval situation of the Pacific today.
Conents are:
Introduction
China's tactical submarine fleet
The geopolitical context
China's new maritime strategy
Sea control of the western Pacific
Maritime strategic theory and the logic of China's submarine fleet
Geography, narrow seas and submarine terrain
Disputing US command of the China seas
The universal and the particular in strategic logic
Influence of the Soviet experience on the PRC's maritime strategy
Chinese strategic culture - indigenous elements
Chinese srategic culture - submarines and prospects for war in the Taiwan Strait
ConclusionChina's Rising Sea Power: The PLA Navy's Submarine Challenge Overview

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