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Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making?
The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated naval balance in Asia-Pacific but it also raises a question: are the region’s powers involved in a naval arms race?

Naval development is and always has been a crucial indicator of economic and political development. It shows the emergence of a significant shift in strategic weight from West to East. But within the Asia-Pacific Region, alongside growing economic and institutional integration, there are geo-political tensions that threaten the regions stability and peace. The balance between the two determines the form that naval development in that region is taking. Some aspects of this suggest the beginnings of a naval arms race that would have profound consequences for the region and the world.

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Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making?
The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated naval balance in Asia-Pacific but it also raises a question: are the region’s powers involved in a naval arms race?

Naval development is and always has been a crucial indicator of economic and political development. It shows the emergence of a significant shift in strategic weight from West to East. But within the Asia-Pacific Region, alongside growing economic and institutional integration, there are geo-political tensions that threaten the regions stability and peace. The balance between the two determines the form that naval development in that region is taking. Some aspects of this suggest the beginnings of a naval arms race that would have profound consequences for the region and the world.

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Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making?

Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making?

by Geoffrey Till
Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making?
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Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making?

Asia's Naval Expansion: An Arms Race in the Making?

by Geoffrey Till

Overview

The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated naval balance in Asia-Pacific but it also raises a question: are the region’s powers involved in a naval arms race?

Naval development is and always has been a crucial indicator of economic and political development. It shows the emergence of a significant shift in strategic weight from West to East. But within the Asia-Pacific Region, alongside growing economic and institutional integration, there are geo-political tensions that threaten the regions stability and peace. The balance between the two determines the form that naval development in that region is taking. Some aspects of this suggest the beginnings of a naval arms race that would have profound consequences for the region and the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415696388
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/07/2012
Series: Adelphi series
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Geoffrey Till

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6

Maps 7

Introduction 11

Scope of the study 12

Problems of analysis 15

Arms racing in perspective 18

Cooperation not conflict? 24

Chapter 1 Naval modernisation, action-reaction dynamics and their drivers 31

Patterns of acquisition 34

Drivers of naval acquisition: external or internal? 38

One race or many? 42

Measuring intensity 48

Levels of political tension 50

Perceptions of racing 56

Measuring intent 58

Chapter 2 Sea control 65

Conceptual approaches to sea control 66

Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) 80

Air-Sea Battle 81

Sea-control forces 84

Sea-control operations 98

Conclusion 106

Chapter 3 Traditional missions 119

Deterrence 119

Nuclear deterrent forces 123

Deterrent operations 126

Ballistic-missile defence 127

BMD capabilities 130

BMD operations 132

Maritime power-projection 133

Gunboat diplomacy: competitive naval diplomacy 145

Gunboat diplomacy thinking 146

Gunboat diplomacy operations 148

Conclusion 151

Chapter 4 Non-traditional missions 163

Expeditionary operations 164

Stability operations/HADR 171

Maritime security at home and abroad 177

Cooperative naval diplomacy 193

Conclusion 205

Conclusion 217

Remaking the regional order 225

Conclusions 238

Looking to the future 241

Appendix 249

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