A From Jane's Naval Forces News Briefs:

Congressional report details major warship programmes

A report prepared for the US Congress by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has detailed the continued modern¡isation of China's armed forces, asserting that the Beijing government "is pursuing long-term, comprehensive transformation of its military forces to improve its capabilities for power projection, anti-access and area denial". The annual unclassified document, entitled 'Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2007', was released on 25 May.