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2004-12-03 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve 2004-12-03 9:04:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 let's hope they continue their excellent transient noise production designÂ© on this tube of death

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-03 9:33:14 AM|| 2004-12-03 9:33:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 7,500 mi range is nothing. But who needs range when it makes all that racket, keeping sonar operators awake from their beauty sleep.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-12-03 1:38:24 PM|| 2004-12-03 1:38:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Western alarmists and China-lobbyists won't say so, but the PLA/N's submarine program has been a major disappointment. It has been over 30 years since the first Chinese nuclear sub was launched, and they still don't have a workable design in large-scale service.
The situation in conventional submarines is little better. Besides purchases of the Russian Kilo class, China is still building the "Ming" class.
The latter, believe it or not, is an updated version of the 1950s Soviet "Romeo" class, of which 84 were built in China. "Romeo", in turn, was an enlarged "Whiskey" class boat, itself based on the German Type XXI U-boat of WW2.
A lot depends on the exact nature of the upgrades, but the Ming would clearly be a suicide machine against western nuke boats or modern Japanese diesel-electrics.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-12-03 2:41:55 PM|| 2004-12-03 2:41:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's just say that when the word "Army" appears in your Navy's title, war at sea is not exactly your country's forte.

Posted by Dreadnought 2004-12-03 3:41:01 PM|| 2004-12-03 3:41:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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