Although China's military strength has been greatly improved, the Americans still have not turned a corner, and they still want to rely on the so-called maximum pressure to force China to comply.
Some time ago, according to a report by Huanqiu.com, just when the Middle East was fighting extremely hot and on the verge of danger, the United States unexpectedly pulled three aircraft carriers into the Asia-Pacific waters to make a difference. This move is quite unusual! Although the United States claims to have 11 carrier strike groups, it is still insufficient. This time, in addition to the aircraft carriers that are still being repaired at the shipyard, most of the other aircraft carriers have already assembled in the Asia-Pacific waters, including the USS Carl Vinson, which participated in the US-Japan-ROK military exercise not long ago, the USS Reagan, which has been anchored in the port of Yokosuka in Japan for a long time, and the USS Roosevelt, which has set off from the west coast of the United States.
Even from the history of the United States, it is very rare to assemble three aircraft carriers at the same time in one area. Obviously, this is a demonstration to China, an attempt to threaten China. However, many experts scoffed at this move by the US military. Because, the U.S. military will not have anything else to gain except to waste more fuel. Moreover, this may also give the PLA a great opportunity to train its troops.
In the case that the PLA already has anti-ship missiles such as the Dongfeng series of missiles and the YJ-21, even if the United States sends all the aircraft carriers, it will be of no avail. In fact, the United States has also recognized this, and a US Navy commander once said that he would not let the aircraft carrier get too close to China. Therefore, on the whole, the United States now attaches the most importance to submarines, especially strategic nuclear submarines.
A few days ago, according to the American news agency Bloomberg, the US Navy plans to equip its submarines with Tomahawk cruise missiles starting in 2024, especially in the area around Taiwan. Jon Hussey, project manager of the US Navy's Tomahawk** system project office, said that the Sea Strike version of the Tomahawk cruise missile will feature a new guidance system that will allow it to launch attacks against moving targets at sea.
This can be seen as the United States is becoming more and more worried about China's first ship, because China's first ship is not only more and more in quantity, but also better and better in quality, and has reached or even surpassed the level of the US military.
According to the report, each "Los Angeles" and "Virginia" class submarines can carry 12 "Tomahawk" cruise missiles for ground attack, and their range can reach 1,600 kilometers. In this way, the US military will be able to launch missile attacks outside the PLA defense zone. Although the Tomahawk missile flies at a slower speed and is easy to detect and intercept, if it is launched closely, it will greatly reduce the warning time, which will make it more threatening.
However, China is now building an all-round, three-dimensional, and comprehensive defense system based on information networks, which can ensure that there are no "fish that slip through the net" in terms of security. What's more, China already has a more powerful weapon, and it can also lurk around the enemy and launch a sudden attack!
Recently, the US military was shocked by a report in the US "Wall Street" entitled "The era of US submarines comprehensively crushing Chinese submarines is coming to an end." Because, at the end of the year, the defense ministers of the three countries of the Australian, British and American alliance also took great pains to announce that they would use artificial intelligence to quickly process the sonar data collected by underwater equipment to track Chinese submarines faster and more accurately.
What the US military did not expect is that the current technical level of Chinese submarines is not what it used to be! Back then, because of the loud noise of Chinese submarines, they were not less ridiculed by the US military, but now they are finally raising their eyebrows. Recently, China's new generation of 098 nuclear submarine suddenly appeared, it not only has a qualitative leap in power propulsion and equipment, but also the mute technology has been subversively improved, and it has achieved almost ghostly "perfect" concealment.
According to the British news agency Reuters, the latest study by the US Naval War College said that China's new generation of strategic nuclear submarines "with Russian technical support" has achieved major breakthroughs in areas such as noise, "it is a nightmare for the United States."
Think Tank, a top think tank in the United States, said helplessly, "Once targeted, there will be no possibility of retreating, let alone reverse tracking."
The reason why the United States and Western countries are so afraid of the Type 098 nuclear submarine is that it has made significant progress on two fronts.
First, significant progress has been made in concealment. It adopts an improved shell design, a new sonar absorbing material and a unique propeller noise reduction technology, which greatly reduces the sound signature of the Type 098 nuclear submarine underwater, thus ensuring that it can better conceal its whereabouts and improve its survival probability when fighting enemy submarines.
The second is the use of "all-electric propulsion + ferrofluid" technology. All-electric propulsion technology converts the thermal energy generated by a nuclear reactor into electrical energy, which is then used to drive the propeller through an electric motor. Compared with the traditional mechanical propulsion method, the all-electric propulsion system reduces the loss of energy in the process of transmission and improves the efficiency of electric energy utilization! And, very importantly, the all-electric propulsion technology is not only easier to maneuver, but also has a lower noise level, making it more discreet and nimble when performing tasks!
Ferrofluid technology is another innovation of 098. It uses the Lorentz force generated when a conductive fluid moves in a magnetic field, and by controlling the strength and direction of the magnetic field, the magnitude and direction of the propulsion force can be adjusted. The advantage of this technology is that it can not only improve the propulsion efficiency, but also reduce mechanical wear and extend the service life of the submarine.
What's even more amazing is that because the magnetofluid thruster has almost no moving parts, it can provide thrust at extremely low speeds, even in a stationary state, which greatly improves the maneuverability and concealment of the submarine, and makes the overall performance of the 098 a qualitative leap.
It can be proudly said that 098 is almost undetectable underwater with the above technologies, making China's nuclear submarines truly a deep-sea ghost and smoothing out the technical gap with Western nuclear submarines for at least 20 years.
Therefore, the appearance of the Type 098 nuclear submarine is not only a demonstration of technological achievements, but also a sign of the strengthening of the Chinese Navy! This will greatly enhance the Chinese Navy's strategic deterrence and actual combat capabilities, and deter individual countries that covet China's maritime rights and interests. Foreign media couldn't help but publish an article, "Hard power is at least 10 years ahead of the United States, and China's rise is simply difficult to stop."
However, China has a technology that is even more uncomfortable for Western countries, and it is about to come out! Some time ago, many ** introduced that China has now conquered the technology of using the electromagnetic field generated by the water bubbles in the tail of the submarine to discover the technology of the other submarine.
In this way, the submarines of the United States and Western countries have nothing to hide in front of the PLA. It's funny that the United States also wants to install Tomahawk missiles on submarines to threaten China!
A few days ago, Russian media reported that China's share of comprehensive maritime potential is at least 0 percent higher than that of the United States4%, ranking first in the world! All kinds of signs also show that the "offensive and defensive momentum" of China and the United States has been reversed, and China's strength has long been different from what it used to be!