1. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Chinese and Japanese Carrier Programmes and the Pacific
Power Balance

2. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Battleships & carriersCapital Ships &
Decisive Battles

3. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Carriers & StrategyCapital Ships &
Decisive Battles

4. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Post-CW Strategy Limited Sea Control &
Expeditionary Warfare
Tsushima
(対馬)
Quingdao
Ningbo
Zhanjiang
Sanya
Osumi
(大隅)
Soya
(宗谷)
Tsugaru
(津軽) Miyako
(宮古)
Patrol Area around Japanese Straits
Shipping Lanes to/from Japan
Tokyo/Guam/Taiwan (TGT) Triangle
Main PLAN Naval Base
TGT - Area

5. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Japan: A Long JourneySea Lanes defence
to Sea Control

6. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Japan: A Long JourneySea Lanes defence
to Sea Control

7. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Japan: A Long JourneySea Lanes defence
to Sea Control

8. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Chinese Naval StrategyChinese Naval Strategy
- Island Chains -- Island Chains -
Quingdao
Ningbo
Zhanjiang Sanya

9. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
China: A New Beginning?Sea Denial to Near
Seas?

10. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
China: A New Beginning?Sea Denial to Near
Seas?

11. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
China: A New Beginning?Sea Denial to Near
Seas?

12. Dr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.ukDr Alessio Patalano – Department of War Studies – alessio.patalano@kcl.ac.uk
Conclusions
Beyond Island
Dispute, too early to
tell?