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Assessing the Relative Distribution of Naval Power Between China and Japan: From Power Advantage to Relative Balance of Naval Power Cover

Assessing the Relative Distribution of Naval Power Between China and Japan: From Power Advantage to Relative Balance of Naval Power

By: Balazs Szanto  
Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Chinese Defence Spending

Figure 2:

Japanese Defence Spending

Figure 3:

Expansion of Fleets 2015–2025

Figure 4:

Relative Distribution of Destroyers 2015–2025

Figure 5:

Distribution of 5th Gen Fighters (IISS, Military Balance 2025)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmc-2026-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2463-9575 | Journal ISSN: 2232-2825
Language: English, Slovenian
Page range: 53 - 74
Published on: Mar 31, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Balazs Szanto, published by General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.