Which countries are expanding their forces convincingly?

Is any country acquiring enough ships?

China's effort, Japan's progress and India's rapid ordering and growth receive favourable assessments. Poland also receives praise for wider military expansion.

China receives a favourable assessment for its effort to increase its forces. Japan also receives praise, and India's ordering and rapid growth provide another example of expansion. Poland enters the comparison through its wider military effort rather than a specified naval total. These are qualitative judgments, with no stated ship requirement against which to measure sufficiency.