¡¥Underwater Great Wall¡¦: China Is Closing The Submarine Gap With The US
China is rapidly closing the gap in critical submarine capabilities that challenge decades of unmitigated U.S. dominance in the deep sea and could have critical implications in a Taiwan scenario, The Wall Street Journal reported
The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending
For decades, the U.S. hasn¡¦t had to worry much about China¡¦s submarines. They were noisy and easy to track. The Chinese military, meanwhile, struggled to detect America¡¦s ultraquiet submarines.
Now, China is narrowing one of the biggest gaps separating the U.S. and Chinese militaries as it makes advances in its submarine technology and undersea detection capabilities, with major implications for American military planning for a potential conflict over Taiwan.