“However, it will still require several years of training and systems integration for the PLAN to develop a robust offensive deep water ASW capability. The Chinese military, however, lacks a robust deep-water anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the report said, although it asserted the following: “By prioritizing the acquisition of ASW capable surface combatants, acoustic surveillance ships, and fixed and rotary wing ASW capable aircraft, the PLAN is significantly improving its ASW capabilities.” The Pentagon report said the PLAN is improving anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities on surface warships, and special mission aircraft. “Equipped with the CSS-N-14 (JL-2) submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), the PLAN‘s six operational JIN class SSBNs represent the PRC’s first credible sea-based nuclear deterrent,” according to the Pentagon report.Ī new version of the Shang-class submarines will be built by the mid-2020s and will “enhance the PLAN‘s anti-surface warfare capability and could provide a clandestine land-attack option if equipped with land-attack cruise missiles,” the report said.Ī push by the PLAN to bolster its efforts to track and attack foreign submarines are also advancing. China‘s nuclear-missile firing submarines include six Jin-class boomers equipped with JL-2 missiles.
They include two Shang-1-class and four Shang-2-class nuclear attack subs. China’s growing fleet of attack and nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines is shrouded in a haze of mystery to a large extent, given the lack of available detail about their technologies and. The PLAN has already produced 12 nuclear-powered submarines during the past 15 years.
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