With world media attention focusing on China’s mid-December launch of its second aircraft carrier Shandong – the first domestically built one – a long-overlooked key detail appears to indicate that Beijing intends to double its naval power, according to John Pike, the former Federation of American Sciences’ director for military analysis and founder of the Globalsecurity.org think tank.
China Accelerates Naval Building Effort
China Accelerates Naval Building Effort
China Accelerates Naval Building Effort
With world media attention focusing on China’s mid-December launch of its second aircraft carrier Shandong – the first domestically built one – a long-overlooked key detail appears to indicate that Beijing intends to double its naval power, according to John Pike, the former Federation of American Sciences’ director for military analysis and founder of the Globalsecurity.org think tank.