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What is China's answer to US strategy of amassing cheap and lethal antiship missiles?
for me, I would build more submarine, fighter jet with antishop missiles, and remote control unmanned warship and subs. and line the coast with mobile rocket launcher with the range of 1IC
for me, I would build more submarine, fighter jet with antishop missiles, and remote control unmanned warship and subs. and line the coast with mobile rocket launcher with the range of 1IC
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tbh, any country with a good military industry can mass produce missiles. if US tries to outproduce China, then China needs to 2x outproduce US.
these plants are automated running 24/7. If one plant is not enough, then they need to construct 2 or 3 or more plants.
Sure, but not every country has the same production capabilities. If the US can produce X amount per year, then its runner up is likely to be able to produce only 0.5X, or whatever other number. And China may be able to produce 2X the amount or 5X the amount or any other number. It's really not important what the number is exactly. Point is that the difference between two countries mass producing missiles can still be huge.
The US Navy's naval plan aims to achieve two strategic goals: preparing for a potential war with China by 2027 and improving the naval force's long-term advantage.
Cheap and lethal don't dance well together in the US...they will end costing 10x the price anyway. Good strategy is having missile that can strike the carrier of these missiles B-2 and B21 in the future. So US bases in the Pacific are the targets.
With a range of 40nm(74km), how the hell they can manage to launch them even with a B2 without a big chance of getting downed:
Right now, having 10000 of these missiles and less than 30 carrier for them that have a real chance of launching them before getting destroyed don't look bright.
Not directly related to this, but reminds me a few years ago when someone asked if J-11 is a direct copy of the Su-27. I remember making a point like while I don't have any insider information, the Su-27 was a product of 1980 Soviet Technology and production capability, most of the Chinese Flankers were built in the last 10 years, there are going to be major differences. This was the kind of thing I was talking about it. Just totally unlikely that you are keeping things the same.
The funny thing is that the US had theorized this attack itself more than a decade ago when China was building the Type 022. There was a belief China was pursuing a swarm strategy using Type 022. I believe that the conclusion was outside of the immediate area around the Taiwan strait, the strategy was not worthwhile because of the limited range of the actual ships, vulnerability to aircraft and submarines, and limited on board sensors (even with a datalink, it would still require more advanced assets being available).
You basically answered your own question.
The cheaper the missiles are, the less capability they have, either range, or evasion capability, etc. As mentioned, Quicksink would have limited range, so the launch platform would be highly vulnerable. More fighter jets flying patrol would threaten the ability to use this weapon. LRASM is long range and stealthy, but it is not cheap.
FY25 begins in two weeks as does a government shutdown unless Congress can pass a Continuing Resolution of some sort. Continuing Resolutions are just that -- continuing the FY24 funding which means new initiatives such as CNO's Project 33 and DepSecDef's Replicator/CCA funding is delayed, never good for fresh starts as other funded projects grab those people.
CNO did cite the FY22 Navigation Plan but with the Navy's Middle East, etc deployments that money had to be prioritized for operations and maintenance.
That budget growth does not appear to be forthcoming and with the OpTempo increasing any additional funds will be primarily O&M,N activities along with some politically-expedient teaser funds insufficient to produce anything useful. When Congress passes the FY25 budget I'll take a look to see what survives but I think CNO will have to be patient.