For the United States, the safety factor in the western Pacific continues to decline, and for decades, the U.S. Navy has been able to navigate this calm ocean almost unimpeded, without worrying about potential threats. But in the far east, China is working hard to develop submarine technology, and the gap between the Chinese and American militaries is narrowing.
At present, China's ** number has surpassed the United States, in addition, the Chinese People's Liberation Army by increasing patrol aircraft and *** from sea buoys to collect sonar information, to improve the ability to detect enemy submarines, but the Chinese Navy ** is smaller, not so advanced, and the US military not only added more navy to the Pacific Ocean, but also equipped with more advanced maritime military equipment, in addition to alliance training with Japan and other countries, which is extremely unfavorable for China.
Former US Navy officer Christopher Carlson said the United States also needs a new underwater strategy to face a more formidable adversary. He said the U.S. needs more resources, such as patrol aircraft and attack submarines, to locate, track and potentially target a quieter new generation of Chinese submarines.
This is obviously a manifestation of the Chinese side, and it is also a manifestation of the fact that the US side has begun to fear the threat posed to the US by Chinese naval submarines. Facts have proved that China's naval strength and submarine technology have been greatly improved compared with a few decades ago, and they have not been taken seriously by people until now they are now feared by the United States, which shows that China's development in the naval cause is effective, and at the same time, it will face more challenges and obstacles in the future, and the enemy will be pressing forward step by step, and we must take every step of the way.
The rapid increase in China's naval strength also reflects the shortcomings of the U.S. navy. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has stopped manufacturing submarines, resulting in 49 of the 67 submarines currently owned by the United States being attack submarines, and according to the mission plan of the United States to deploy submarines to the Asia-Pacific region, there should be at least 66 powered submarines to complete this global mission, which is too far from the number of submarines currently owned by the United States.
It is expected that by 2030, with the retirement of old submarines, the number of US attack submarines will be reduced to 46, and if it can reach the rate of building two submarines per year, it will return to 50 by 2036, compared to the current rate of 12 ships. In the most optimistic scenario of the US Navy, there will be 66 attack submarines by 2049.
Therefore, the United States needs time to recover from the current balance between China and the United States in terms of naval power, and China needs to seize the opportunity to improve its own technology and catch up with the advanced technology of the United States. The latest Virginia-class attack submarines and the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines planned to be built by the United States are ahead of China in terms of noise reduction technology, propulsion, systems and capabilities in other areas. China's naval development is still a long way to go, and the United States has begun to face us squarely as an adversary, and we cannot afford to take it lightly in the face of a superpower like the United States. (CSU Machinery 2317 Guo Zhiwei).