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#PRC: PLA Navy grows to overwhelming scale: James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

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#PRC: PLA Navy grows to overwhelming scale: James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill


https://www.newsweek.com/preparing-war-china-us-shrinks-its-navy-opinion-1792231

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I'm John Batchworth, my colleague and friend in co-host Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang.

0:42.1

And we're very pleased to be joined by Professor Jim Holmes of the US Naval War College.

0:46.6

To comment not only on the US Navy at present, but in the future with the challenge of the People's Republic of China's PLA Navy building quickly.

0:56.7

And the first challenge chain, the second island chain, the geography has not changed since 1940s.

1:02.5

And yet, Gordon, a very good evening to you again.

1:05.8

And we welcome Jim to comment on your most recent piece at Newsweek.

1:10.5

I read from your second paragraph, Secretary of the Navy, Carlos del Toro in testimony March 28 just within these last days.

1:19.0

Said, China's Navy will have, quote, upwards of 440 or so vessels within five years.

1:25.3

The US by then at current projections will have about 291.

1:29.9

Jim, a very good evening to you.

1:31.2

China's going for 440 according to the Secretary of the Navy. We're at 291.

1:36.6

That 291 of ours, I do not believe it involves autonomous craft, which may be part of the Chinese number.

1:43.9

I don't know.

1:45.2

Is the Navy of the future to be a hybrid of manned and unmanned?

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