US media: China's nuclear submarines will be able to reach the United States
"China puts nuclear weapons under water that cannot be detected by the eye," Bloomberg reported on the 9th. China is preparing to use its nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States to arm its most secretive submarine and put an invisible coat on it. To retaliate after being attacked by the enemy. Fifty years after China’s first nuclear test, it is almost impossible to monitor and equip the wave-two-nuclear missiles. The promotion of submarines will give China greater flexibility to respond to attacks. The annual report submitted by the U.S. Congressional Committee for Economic and Security Review of the United States and China in November said that this type of nuclear submarine may be cruising for the first time before the end of the year, "for the first time China has a reliable sea-based nuclear deterrent." Nicholas Giacometti, an independent strategist, said: "China's nuclear forces will be able to fight the first round of strikes in history for the first time. This is the last step in China's ability to move toward reliable nuclear retaliation."
The report quoted experts as saying that before 2006, China's only nuclear warhead capable of hitting the United States was the Dongfeng 5A, a liquid-fuel ballistic missile launched from a silo. It takes hours for missiles to be refueled and is vulnerable to attack. To protect these missiles, China built false silos and adopted confidential measures. In 2006, China had a ground-based mobile Dongfeng 31A intercontinental ballistic missile with a maximum range of 11,200 kilometers. This type of missile uses solid fuel and can be launched almost immediately with a warhead. Compared with land-based launchers, ballistic missile submarines that rarely surface are better at hiding. According to the report of the US-China Economic and Security Assessment Commission, China currently has three such submarines and is expected to increase by two additional vessels by 2020. Each ship can carry 12 Big Wave-2 missiles. Waves - 2 Range 4598 miles. Launch from China's coastal areas can reach Alaska. Launch from the waters of southern Japan can strike Alaska and Hawaii. Launch from the waters of western Hawaii can hit the western United States. From the eastern waters of Hawaii, it can cover all 50 US State.
The publication of Bloomberg’s long report triggered some media referrals and comments in other countries. Australia’s “International Business Times†website states that “long-range nuclear missiles carried by Chinese invisible submarines can strike the United States, the western Pacific, and even beyond,†and that Chinese submarines carrying giant waves-2 are barely detectable. This means that China’s stealth-capable submarines have already had the capability to launch nuclear missiles to the United States, and it may be too late for the latter to respond.
The "Japan Times" stated on the 9th that China's progress has caused the US defense department to worry. When Admiral Harris, who was nominated as the commander of the US Pacific Command, responded to the development of China’s military power at the Senate Military Committee hearing on the 2nd, he said: “We must continue to advance the modernization of our nuclear capabilities.†The report also said that analysts It is expected that China will not change its long-standing policy of not using nuclear weapons first. The deployment of the new type of submarine will prompt China to ensure that the foreign military is under active control and that the Navy’s senior commanders and political leaders can communicate and control them.
It is not easy to break through the American missile defense system
The hype of the Chinese military has always been a hot topic in the US public opinion field. In recent days, the “China nuclear submarine threat†is the new hype of the US media. The Wall Street Journal’s website on October 27th titled “Deep Threat: China's Evolving Submarine Ability to Break the Balance of Strength†and said that China’s increasingly powerful submarine force is the biggest challenge to the region’s military power as China’s rising powers are under water. The development of the armed forces has not only enhanced the strength of the nuclear arsenal, but also strengthened China’s ability to raise territory’s voice and curb US intervention. The US Naval Intelligence Office revealed that China will achieve a new milestone this year, that is, for the first time, it will launch full-armed submarine-launched nuclear missile patrols. The missiles carried by the Chinese submarines can hit Hawaii and Alaska from East Asia and the United States from the central Pacific Ocean.
The Wall Street Journal also stated that outsiders have been paying close attention to China’s expanding military capabilities in recent years, including the first aircraft carrier and the first possession of stealth aircraft. In reality, the submarine has more strategic capabilities. A submarine can project great strength from areas far away from China. As long as there is a submarine, it can shock other countries. Washington believes that China’s submarine with nuclear attack capability is the key to China’s efforts to prevent the United States from intervening in conflicts involving Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines. The US “Business Insider†said on the 4th of this month that the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s report stated that with the continuous development of China’s military power, China’s naval vessels will increase to more than 350 by 2020. To this end, the U.S. Pacific Fleet should increase the total number of ships to 67 and implement home-port rebalancing to ensure that by the year 2020, 60% of its military forces will be based in the Pacific.
Although the U.S. media has repeatedly rendered the threat of China's nuclear submarines, in the eyes of military experts, the U.S. nuclear submarine capability is the strongest. The Trident IID3 missile equipped by the US Navy has a range of more than 10,000 kilometers and can carry multiple nuclear warheads. Russia's "Brava" design index is close to the "trident" IID3, but not yet fully in service. The US National Interest magazine once reported that China’s nuclear submarines must be able to obtain sufficient nuclear deterrence capabilities and must resolve two major technical challenges. First, the submarine should have enough stealth to avoid detection by the US anti-submarine technology. Second, the JL-2 submarine-launched missile must have a sufficiently high probability of penetrating the US missile defense system. If the advanced submarine launches a giant wave-2 off the coast of China, the US Aegis radar deployed around China will immediately be able to monitor it, and SM-3 missiles will be launched after 5 seconds for interception.
"The United States is now the world's most powerful military and national power. To maintain its absolute superiority, of course, it does not want the increase in China's strategic nuclear power with its overall national strength and military strength increasing. Therefore, it often renders the so-called China threat." Expert Li Jie said in an interview with a Global Times reporter on the 9th that this is precisely why the United States returned to Asia-Pacific to engage in the “Asia-Pacific rebalancingâ€. It is necessary to weaken and disperse the energy of China’s concentrated development and allow neighboring countries to Take precautions. Li Jie said that China's sea-based nuclear forces have a certain gap compared with the United States and other countries. The United States has the world’s strongest “Ohio†class nuclear submarine, and a nuclear submarine can carry 24 nuclear missiles.
"Voice of Russia" quoted Zolotalev, deputy director of the Institute of American and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on the 9th, saying that the United States generals are good at publicly rendering "threats" from China, usually for more military spending. . Russia’s retired Navy Colonel Sivkov believes that China’s promotion of nuclear submarines still has problems such as loud noise and is easily discovered, which means that it cannot operate outside a reliable defense system. However, it has a missile with a range of 8,000-9,000 kilometers, so it can contain U.S. nuclear forces within the scope of China's coast or anti-submarine and air defense systems. Because of this, Americans are concerned about this "threat".
U.S. and Russia Lead the "New Nuclear Arms Race"
With the "China threat", the United States is still strengthening its nuclear power. Canada’s “Globalization Research Center†website stated on the 7th that “the new nuclear arms race is being staged†as the subject. President Barack Obama and then Russian President Medvedev signed a new “Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty†and promised to reduce nuclear warheads. However, the US and Russia’s new Cold War and the Obama administration’s strategic focus will shift to the Asia-Pacific, and the world will instead launch a new nuclear arms race. Looking at the world, all nuclear powers are currently advancing some form of nuclear modernization and developing new missiles and new submarines. Before the United States Chief of Defense Hajjar announced his resignation, he approved the Ministry of National Defense to apply for relevant funds for the improvement of nuclear facilities in the next five years. The U.S. military involvement in the military has also been enhanced. The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has been promoted from Samsung General to a four-star general. The U.S. nuclear integration department head has been promoted from a two-star general to a Samsung general. In September of this year, the Obama administration approved the construction of 12 new missile submarines, 100 new bombers and 400 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. The total cost is US$355 billion to US$1 trillion.
Russian News Agency stated on the 9th that Russia will invest 560 billion U.S. dollars in the next six years to promote the modernization of its armed forces, of which 25% will be used for the modernization of nuclear weapons. Russia currently has 1,643 intercontinental nuclear missiles equipped, an increase of 131 from March. The Russian side also conducted submarine missile test launches, including launching the latest "Brava" submarine-launched intercontinental missiles.
Sea-based nuclear forces are the key development direction of nuclear powers. In the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and other countries, the sea-based nuclear forces all occupy a large proportion, and the United Kingdom has even only maintained the sea-based nuclear forces. Li Jie told the Global Times reporter that the strategic nuclear submarine is an important component of a country's "trinity" (air-based, land-based, and sea-based) nuclear forces, and is a nuclear force capable of conducting a second strike. Both airborne and land-based intercontinental missiles are exposed above the ground, usually with large targets and are easily discovered by the other party. In the event of a war, it first becomes the goal of the other party to destroy and attack. Sea-based nuclear forces are "hidden and murderous." They have the characteristics of good concealment and strong assault capability. They are superior to land-based maneuvering intercontinental missiles in the battlefield.
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