Systems integration and China's naval technology growth, 1949-89 -- Earlier Chinese destroyers -- New-generation destroyers -- Chinese frigates -- Plan submarines -- Coastal defense and plan amphibious capability -- The Plan Air Force (PLANAF) and China's future aircraft carrier -- Antiair-warfare (AAW) radar and weapon systems -- Antisubmarine-warfare (ASW) sonar and weapon systems -- The South China Sea (SCS) and the mine threat -- Combat system integration, electrical, and training issues -- The plan fleet in the twenty-first century -- Appendix: western and plan combat system designations.