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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Chinese Focus On Building Submarines Cause Of Concern Says Expert

China is putting a major focus on submarines which have no peacetime purposes said a defense expert on Friday, noting, on the other hand, aircraft carriers are perfect tools for peaceful purposes but submarines are for military purposes.

“It concerns me to see China going for these submarines,” said Robert D. Kaplan, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, in a tele-conference with journalists.

Kaplan earlier authored an article, “The Geography of Chinese Power,” (May/June 2010, Foreign Affairs), saying that the shifting balance of power in the Eastern hemisphere will undoubtedly “exacerbate U.S.-Chinese tensions in the years ahead.”

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