A look at the US Navy and People's Liberation Army Navy strategies, organization and numbers. Most data is from 2014 to 2017. Of course some historical context is given too. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can support me via Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY (C) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Scholik, Nikolaus: Seemacht im 21. Jahrhundert – Handbuch & Lexikon Ou, Si-Fu: China’s A2AD and Its Geographic Perspective Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI): "The PLA Navy - New Capabilites and Missions for the 21st Century" , 2015 http://www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/Intel%20agencies/China_Media/2015_PLA_NAVY_PUB_Print_Low_Res.pdf?ver=2015-12-02-081233-733 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/plan-doctrine-offshore.htm Bernard D. Cole: Reflections on China’s Maritime Strategy: Island Chains and the Classics https://www.usnwc.edu/Academics/Faculty/Derek-Reveron/Workshops/Maritime-Security,-Seapower,---Trade/Maritime-Working-Papers/cole-island-chains.aspx NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW, Spring 2008, Volume 61, Number 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20080624212954/www.nwc.navy.mil/press/review/documents/NWCRSP08.pdf http://www.nvr.navy