Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士班 === 96 === The Navy is a tradition military forces. The People''s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval branch of the People''s Liberation Army (PLA), the military of the People''s Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces.
Since then it has undergone rapid modernisation. The PLAN also includes a lot of naval air arm operating several hundred land-based aircraft and ship-based helicopters. As part of its overall program of naval modernization, the PLAN has a plan of developing a blue water navy.
The People''s Liberation Army Navy has become more prominent in recent years owing to a change in Chinese strategic priorities. The new strategic threats include possible conflict with the United States and/or a resurgent Japan in areas such as the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea. As part of its overall program of naval modernization, the PLAN has a long-term plan of developing a blue water navy.
In the plan, PLAN need to get the modern ships in include submarine, aircraft. The aircraft carrier is the important point about the blue water navy. The PLAN is the same. So there is one chapter about the aircraft carrier. In the last, there are 10 point about the PLA Naval Strategy, and after the analysis we can understand the future of PLAN.
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