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US in submarine arms race with Russia and China
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US in submarine arms race with Russia and China
China’s Type 094 Jin-class submarine. (Photo courtesy of the PLA Navy)
The United States is launching a submarine arms race against China and Russia, Kalyan Kumar, a political analyst from New Delhi, writes in a comment piece written for the Australian edition of the International Business Times on Sept. 27.
As Vice Admiral Michael Connor, the US Navy’s Atlantic Submarine Force commander, had told Fox News previously, the rapid development of ballistic missile submarines by Russia and China will require a matching deployment of US submarines. Russia announced its decision to upgrade its submarine fleet and even released photos of the Akula II-class nuclear submarines last week.
Kumar said that the United States is concerned about Russia as it retains its nuclear capability from the Soviet era. Russia is cultivating this capability and appears to harbor aspirations for greater territory and influence. China is also working to increase the number of its ballistic missile submarines, according to Connor. A report by the Office of Naval Intelligence noted that the PLA Navy has evolved from a littoral force to a force capable of a wide range of missions.
China is working to strengthen its capability to strike targets hundreds of miles away from the Chinese mainland, the report said. It stated that the PLA plans to soon commence deterrent patrols with its Type 094 Jin-class ballistic submarines. Equipped with the JL-2 intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Type 094 gives China second-strike nuclear capability against the United States.
In the 1960s, the United States had 41 nuclear-powered ballistic submarines, more than any other nation in the world; it now has 14. With the release of the new-generation Ohio-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines in 2021, Connor said that a new scenario will become clear. The United States has also awarded a major contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat to build new nuclear submarines.
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