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This report focuses on the potential implications of China’s naval modernization for future required US Navy capabilities. The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in US defense planning. The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort is of particular importance to the US Navy, because many US military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy’s budget.