人们常说,亚太地区海军发展主要受经济发展和对相邻海域尤其经济专属区进行更多控制的愿望驱动。事实上,正在发生的情况可能是国际海上力量对比的深刻剧变,它动摇了最近几个世纪发展起来的海洋战略和海军思想的基础。现在亚太地区出现的海军发展,可能是深层次趋势的一部分,这种趋势是西方国家的传统海上力量的衰落,新的地区海上强国——中国、印度、日本、韩国,将来印尼、可能还有其它东盟国家的兴起。就眼前来说,这种趋势仅在这个地区本身 It is often said that the development of the Navy in the Asia-Pacific region is driven primarily by the desire for economic development and greater control of the particularly economically exclusive areas in the adjacent seas. In fact, the events that are taking place may be profound drastic changes in the balance of international maritime forces, which have shaken the foundations of the maritime and naval ideas that have developed in recent centuries. The emergence of naval forces in the Asia-Pacific region now may be part of a deeper trend. This trend is the decline of the traditional maritime power in western countries. The new regional maritime powers - China, India, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia in the future and possibly The rise of other ASEAN countries. At the moment, this trend is only in the region itself