Honest to Bog, the name of the People's Republic of China's naval arm, translated into English, is the People's Liberation Army Navy. And it is important to note that though the PLA Navy is rapidly modernizing, the three most powerful armadas on the seven seas belong to the United States Navy, the Royal Navy, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The fourth? France's own Marine Nationale. Each is alone more than a match for the PLAN and combined their might is unrivaled in the annals of marine warfare, surpassing even the mind-bogglingly numerous flotillas of the Second World War in sheer destructive potential.

The People's Republic of China, and specifically the ironically named People's Liberation Army, has been a subject of great personal interest to me for over a decade (thanks, high school debate team!); believe you me, the reinvention of the PLAN as a blue-water force is a situation on which an eye must be kept, but as an institution the USN is keenly aware of Admiral Mahan's theorems and thus ideally suited to meeting whatever challenges the Chinese may pose as the 21st Century ripens.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Journey, "Don't Stop Believin'" via iTunes (The Guy)

I would type more, but after calls to my mother and Codename: PANDORA I feel the need to instead compose a lengthy entry in my journal. Bon chance, me buckos.