This volume examines the national maritime
doctrines as well as the nuclear weapons developments at sea of the
four major powers in the Asia-Pacific, namely, China, India, Japan and
the United States, to see if the evolving dynamic is a cooperative or a
competitive one. In particular, the volume looks at the evolving
paradigms of maritime transformation in strategy and technology; the
emergent new maritime doctrines and evolving force postures in the naval
orders of battle; the role and operations of nuclear navies in the
Asia-Pacific; and the implications and impact of nuclear weapons,
ballistic missiles and sea-based missile defence responses in the
region.
This volume examines the national maritime
doctrines as well as the nuclear weapons developments at sea of the
four major powers in the Asia-Pacific, namely, China, India, Japan and
the United States, to see if the evolving dynamic is a cooperative or a
competitive one. In particular, the volume looks at the evolving
paradigms of maritime transformation in strategy and technology; the
emergent new maritime doctrines and evolving force postures in the naval
orders of battle; the role and operations of nuclear navies in the
Asia-Pacific; and the implications and impact of nuclear weapons,
ballistic missiles and sea-based missile defence responses in the
region.
