China’s Aircraft Carrier Program: Drivers, Developments, Implications

Authors

Andrew Scobell
Michael McMahon
Cortez A. Cooper III

Number

7

Abstract

China’s carrier program will not fundamentally transform the balance of military power in the western Pacific. But it does signal both China’s unmistakable intent to project military power beyond the nation’s “near seas” and its aspirations to become a global naval power.

Recommended Citation

Scobell, Andrew; McMahon, Michael; and Cooper, Cortez A. III (2015) "China’s Aircraft Carrier Program: Drivers, Developments, Implications," Naval War College Review: Vol. 68: No. 4, Article 7.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol68/iss4/7