How can and How should PLAN improve it self?

sino52C said:

By building more SSBNs, China will be viewed as a threat to Asia and an arms race would ensue.

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The point of building a nuclear deterrance is to BE a credible threat. Like it or not more nations around the world are acquiring nuclear capability, and unlike the cold war, the "delivery system" today isn't limited to missiles.

You need more than 1-2 boats, because to provide for continuous coverage, you have to account for down-time and maintenance. You cannot negelect maintenance and repairs on submarines. With surface ships, even if the engine breaks down you can keep floating and get a tow back home. With a subs several hundred feet under water, you're in a world of trouble.

Generally speaking it'd take 3-4 subs to maintain continuous coverage. With 4 SSBN's the PLAN can provide continuous coverage in the Pacific, and with 8 the PLAN can provide continuous coverage in both the Atlantic and the Pacific.

sino52C said:

I think CVBGs are more symbols of national pride for most nations. China is being very practical and realistic currently by first building a first rate surface, submarine and air force before trying to combine these aspects into on big CVBG.

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The PRC is in a different situation, since it does not own "oversea" posessions. And I don't mean Nansha islands, I mean islands far away like Falklands. Old imperial powers with oversea posessions need the strength to maintain their ownership.

Roger604 said:

The DD(X) has recently been CANCELLED

Remember they had the 1/4 mock up built not too long ago. I guess those trials didn't go too well.

Congress realized the Pentagon doesn't have a realistic idea about how much money the US government can spend on new toys.

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Roger your snide remarks about the country that you live in are quite tiresome. But feel free to post what you will.

You cannot trust 100% of what you read and the New Republic web site is no exception. The article about the DD(X) program being cancelled may or may not be true. I could not find any press release on the cancelation of the project. In fact some contracts were recently rewarded in April.



But we are not here to post about the USN are we?

I know this article have some to do with ASW and subs, but can't read it. some one please give a short summary.

RedMercury said:

And that's really a political decision. The civies decided they wanted a minimal deterence to hedge against nuclear blackmail but avoid the cost of an arms race. The same can probably be said of all the other weapon systems and spending. If you look at comparisons of CBG, SSBN, and overseas bases, China is inferior in comparison to the other 4 UNSC members, but perhaps part of it is China's perception of what it needs (of course, the other part is China's ability to produce or procure what it wants).

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Not sure about SSBN, but Chinese ICBM (barring the possible DF-31 deployments) and nuclear warhead numbers basically stopped growing since the eighties... I'd say it's more a conscious choice.

Of course, whether it is the right choice is a different matter.