China's New Blue-Water Naval Phase

China's New Blue-Water Naval Phase
(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

One of the significant metaphors among national security experts is the use of color to explain naval capability. Brown water describes nations that can only operate in their own river ways and estuaries; green water is those navies that can operate near and around their coastal waters and, finally, blue water, which projects power internationally, militarily, economically and within the political realm.

 

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