![]() ![]() The new patrols imply improvements in many areas, including logistics, command and control, and weapons. “But the point here is that the information-the near continuous patrols-has changed so rapidly that we don’t know what else has changed.” designation for a nuclear-powered attack sub. Naval Postgraduate School in California, speaking in a private capacity. so the extra demands on our assets are clear,” said Christopher Twomey, a security scholar at the U.S. “We’re going to want to have our SSNs trying to tail them. ![]() ![]() 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.Įven as the AUKUS deal will see Australia field its first nuclear-powered submarines over the next two decades, the constant Chinese ballistic missile patrols at sea pile strain on the resources of the United States and its allies as they intensify Cold War-style deployments. Equipped with a new, longer-range ballistic missile, they can hit the continental United States, analysts say. 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. HONG KONG-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. ![]()
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