China’s Type 94 Jin-class ballistic missile submarine. (Wikipedia)
Reuters: ANALYSIS-China's intensifying nuclear-armed submarine patrols add complexity for U.S., allies
HONG KONG, April 4 (Reuters) - China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea, according to a Pentagon report - adding pressure on the United States and its allies as they try to counter Beijing's growing military.
The assessment of China's military said China's fleet of six Jin-class ballistic missile submarines were operating "near-continuous" patrols from Hainan Island into the South China Sea. Equipped with a new, longer-range ballistic missile, they can hit the continental United States, analysts say.
The note in the 174-page report drew little attention when it was released in late November, but shows crucial improvements in Chinese capabilities, according to four regional military attaches familiar with naval operations and five other security analysts.
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WNU editor: Keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea is a major step for China. But it does not stop there. It looks like China's nuclear armed subs can now do this .... 1st Time Ever! China Can Now Strike The ‘Heart Of US’ By Submarine-Launched JL-3 Missile From Its Coastal Waters (EurAsian Times).
3 comments:
I think this shows how the USA would be smart to honor the Shanghai Agreement that Nixon mad with Mao, and stop all the bullshit about defending Taiwan, which the US acknowledged in writing in 1972 was part of China.
If the US doesn't want to do that, they should formally declare they will no longer honor the Shanghai Agreement.
But the US wont do that, because US leadership lacks the courage, under the Democrats at least.
did trump do that?
you will recall he was in charge before biden
"The last guy did it too, thus my hands are clean."
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