People's Liberation Army Navy

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Bernhard Zand wrote in Der Spiegel September 10, 2012: "One country that could give China good advice, a country whose historians are well versed in naval policies and in arms races on the high seas, is Germany. A century ago, Berlin stood where Beijing is now, as an emerging economic power that was admired, envied and feared. At the time, Germany wanted a navy that would broadcast its self-confidence to the world, one that could rival the world’s greatest naval force of the era, the British Navy. That plan almost succeeded. But it didn’t end well." BRANCHES Surface Forces Submarine Force Naval Air Force Coastal Defense Force Marine Corps Commander, PLAN North Sea Fleet East Sea Fleet South Sea Fleet Submarine, NSF Submarine, ESF Submarine, SSF Conventional Sub Flotilla Conventional Sub Flotilla Conventional Sub Flotilla 1st Nuclear Sub Flotilla Surface Force, NSF Surface Force, ESF Surface Force, SSF Destroyer Flotilla Destroyer Flotilla Destroyer Flotilla Speedboat Flotilla Speedboat Flotilla Speedboat Flotilla Suport Vessel Flotilla Suport Vessel Flotilla Suport Vessel Flotilla Landing Ship Flotilla Landing Ship Flotilla Sub Chaser / Frigate Flotilla Naval AF, NSF Naval AF, ESF Naval AF, SSF U/I Fighter DIV 4th Fighter DIV 8th Fighter DIV U/I Fighter/Bomber DIV 6th Fighter DIV 9th Fighter DIV U/I Bomber DIV Radar Brigade Radar Brigade Radar Brigade AAA Regiment Coastal Defense Force, NSF Coastal Defense Force, ESF Coastal Defense Force, SSF Shore-to-Ship Missile RGT Shore-to-Ship Missile BN Shore-to-Ship Missile BN AAA Regiment AAA Regiment Shore-Ship Missile and AAA RGT Marine Corps, SSF 1st Marine BDE 164th Marine BDE