![]() ![]() and Japanese coast guards, as well as the CCG’s increasing experience operating farther offshore for longer periods. It is applying lessons learned from scrutinizing the “gold standard” U.S. In terms of qualitative improvement, China has now replaced its older, less-capable large patrol ships. That includes 202 additional ships capable of operating offshore, representing 350 percent growth in the latter category. In 2020, the CCG is projected to have a total of 1,300-plus ships: 260 large vessels capable of operating offshore, many capable of operating worldwide, and another 1,050-plus smaller vessels confined to closer waters.įrom 2005 to 2020, this represents a 15-year net increase of 400 total coast guard ships. Navy had 285 “deployable battle force ships,” according to its official website.Ĭhina’s second sea force, the coast guard, is likewise the world’s largest, with more hulls than those of all its regional neighbors combined: 225 ships over 500 tons capable of operating offshore and another 1,050-plus confined to closer waters, for a total of 1,275. Meanwhile, as of April 13, 2018, the U.S. By 2020, the PLAN will have 313-342 warships, the U.S. “The PLAN is the largest navy in Asia, with more than 300 surface ships, submarines, amphibious ships and patrol craft,” according to the Pentagon’s 2017 China Military Power Report. Typically, its first sea force provides coordination and deterrence from over the horizon.Ĭhina’s first sea force, the PLAN, already has the most ships of any navy. Not seeking war but determined to change the status quo coercively, Beijing employs its enormous second and third sea forces in so-called maritime gray zone operations to further its disputed sovereignty claims in the near seas (Yellow, East and South China seas). The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) contains the PLA Navy (PLAN) the People’s Armed Police has formally been put in charge of most maritime law enforcement forces in the China coast guard (CCG) and the People’s Armed Forces Militia contains a growing proportion of seagoing units, the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM). ![]() Powered by the world’s largest shipbuilding industry, as well as the world’s second-largest economy and defense budget under Xi Jinping’s ambitious leadership, China is becoming a major sea power in its own right and in its own way.Ĭhina’s armed forces comprise three major organizations, each with a maritime subcomponent that is already the world’s largest such sea force by number of ships. Navy Nightmare: The Chinese Fleet Doesn’t Have 300 Ships, It Has 650-You Have to Count the Chinese Coast Guard and Maritime Militia,” The National Interest, 30 January 2019.
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