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by78

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This is a collection of the Chinese equivalent of "MIL-STD" documents. We've seen some excerpts of the one on the new VLC system. Does anyone have excerpts from other documents in the collection?

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JayBird

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This is a collection of the Chinese equivalent of "MIL-STD" documents. We've seen some excerpts of the one on the new VLC system. Does anyone have excerpts from other documents in the collection?

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You really scared me for a minute there with all the STD collection documents there. :p
 

kriss

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This just come by that does magnetic probe (the needle thing at rear end of an ASuW aircraft like p-3c and gx-6) works against titanium hull of an Alfa class submarine?

Also @by78 I wonder where did you get this pic caused whoever took this picture must be very resourceful. Resourceful enough to put mil-std of nuclear weapon, tactical ballistic missile, satellite, aircraft and helicopter all on the same table. Hell if the cold war is still on he would spend most of his time in a bunker or something.
 

kwaigonegin

Colonel
What I mean is - the most cost effective way for PLAN is to have swarms of SSN (or SSK) as protective screen for the SSBN which is like the quarterback in a football game. To make SSBN as quiet and stealthy as the USN's SSBN is not possible in the near term and requires tremendous investment as I have mentioned before, not something PLAN can easily close the gap just like that. So in the near term, it is far more cost effective to follow the strategy of numerical superority while simultaneously pursuing the technological parity long term.





No doubt PLAN is pursuing that, but as mentioned before, they can't close the gap in near term just like that. For what's avaliable to them technologically and financially - they can construct scores of subs, and have the financial means to do so, but not the technological means to make it as quiet as US subs, so the easiest option is to construct more of it, so some of them can survive and kill the OpFor.




That would require the F-35 or P-3 to get in range - again, that's why I have mentioned in the first paragraph of my initial response - More 052D and 055 and S-400 to shoot them down before they can even get to the chinese water, PLUS J-15, Su-30MK2 doing BARCAP, and long range AShMs (DF-21D) to engage the USN CVN to stop it from getting to Chinese water. Besides F-35 is fairly short range it would require a flat top or aerial refueling to fly near SCS both of which makes it vulnerable to Chinese attack as it is nearer to their shore.






To develop stealthy ultra quiet sub would take decades.
And that's not something they can do easily to close that gap in the near term. That's the reality. So in the mean time what are they going to do? What can they do?

Why the sudden hurry? Is china planning on going to war with the us tomorrow? I must have missed that memo lol

No the idea of building hundreds of SSNs or SSKs to form some sort of an impenetrable screen is borderline ridiculous. Common man!

The amount of time and resources to built those hundreds would be better spent on improving their SSBN fleet.

Plan doesn't need to match the sophistication level of western SSBNs all they need is to make one quiet enough just to last long enough to launch. That's it.
 

SinoSoldier

Colonel
What exactly will be the political ramifications if the Chinese are to stop building their sea deterrence and start putting nuclear weapons in orbit instead?

Are their treaties besides OST to which China is signatory?
 

plawolf

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Under the water, the cheapest and most viable option for them is not going for Option 2 as you suggested - to leapfrog or even closing the gap with US's submarine technologies from several decades behind is not going to be cheap and requires time (maybe decades) and tremendous amount of investments in human capital, infrastructural, industrial and engineering level.

No, China is not going to do that. At least not in the short term. There is a simpler, and far more cost effective way that has proven over and over again its effectiveness!

Their most viable and cost effective strategy is to make smaller, extremely cheap SSNs in the hundreds - numerical superiority has always proven to be quite effective against technological superior opponents in the past - from WWII to Korean War to Vietnam War - by making SSN 1/10 or even 1/50 the current cost by reducing its size and armament, it can make it extremely dangerous for US SSN "wolf pack" to venture into a swarm of "hornets". It may even become the emergent new class of submarines (I would call them "Submarine fighters" or "fighter swarms"). This will make it extremely costly for the expensive US SSN to try to go into Chinese water both in term of the risk of asset loss and human capital loss, not to mention the tremendous damage it will incur for the US technological lead if even just one USN SSN is sunk near chinese water (even if it takes down 10 of the Chinese midget SSNs) - because the Chinese would then retrieve the wreck and debris and the technological secrets it holds which takes US decades to develop.

No, the US would not risk losing its technological edge and the tremendous amount of investment and human capitals it has put in it when it is faced with the risk of having its prized subs sunk near the chinese water.

EDIT: I just realized I replied to a post by Jeff that was 2 years old! LOL!!

Don't take this personally, but that is a silly idea. It is a strategy only suitable for a second tier world power with zero hope of ever catching up to international standards, ever.

It might take a while for China, but every time they introduce a new class, the gap is narrowed.

China isn't expecting or preparing for imminent war, so wasting vast amounts of resources building huge numbers of midget subs makes zero sense.

The strategy you suggest is more suitable for North Korea or Iran, and is amusingly enough, similar to the strategies they themselves are actually employing, only with midget conventional subs rather than nuclear. Is that where you got the idea?

The optimal strategy for China is the one China is currently pursuing - building small batches per class and rapidly moving from class to class, making improvements every time. It may take time, but China is in no hurry as Beijing and most of the world firmly believe time is very much on China's side.

In the meantime, China already could effect a sort of effective deterrence strategy with is large, modern SSK fleets. They don't have 10 times the USN sub fleet, but then only the most "optimistic" souls on earth would think a USN SSN could kill 10 PLAN Songs or Yuans before going down itself, especially if the PLAN employ wolf pack tactics.

In the medium term, China could easily achieve swarm numbers and employ swarm tactics not with midget subs, but with unmanned underwater combat verhicles (UUCVs).

That is the only scenario under which the tactics and exchange rates you suggest would be acceptable to modern China.
 

cyan1320

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I remember reading that Japan tried something similar in WWII, A few mini subs were deployed in the attack on Pearl harbor. But instead of defense, the idea was an offence using midget subs with the idea that they would be able to sneak past defenses and deliver their torpedoes.
But they weren't effective
 

Ultra

Junior Member
Why the sudden hurry? Is china planning on going to war with the us tomorrow? I must have missed that memo lol

I think the recent US "reorientation" of its force towards pacific is one indication, with its more and more aggressive posture towards China and aggressive provocations (flying military spy planes over its base), it seems US is gearing up for a fight.

The other factor is Taiwan. With the presidential election coming up next year with KMT facing a complete wipe out and DPP a guarantee win, there is a high possibility it could provoke a conflict and escalate into a full blown war.


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For the US and Japan, China right now is a emergent threat that can be deal with, instead of an existential threat that has to live with. And both US and Japan knows what button to press to get China into a war early. Right now I don't think China is anywhere prepared for it.
 

Ultra

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Don't take this personally, but that is a silly idea. It is a strategy only suitable for a second tier world power with zero hope of ever catching up to international standards, ever.

It might take a while for China, but every time they introduce a new class, the gap is narrowed.

China isn't expecting or preparing for imminent war, so wasting vast amounts of resources building huge numbers of midget subs makes zero sense.

The strategy you suggest is more suitable for North Korea or Iran, and is amusingly enough, similar to the strategies they themselves are actually employing, only with midget conventional subs rather than nuclear. Is that where you got the idea?

The optimal strategy for China is the one China is currently pursuing - building small batches per class and rapidly moving from class to class, making improvements every time. It may take time, but China is in no hurry as Beijing and most of the world firmly believe time is very much on China's side.

In the meantime, China already could effect a sort of effective deterrence strategy with is large, modern SSK fleets. They don't have 10 times the USN sub fleet, but then only the most "optimistic" souls on earth would think a USN SSN could kill 10 PLAN Songs or Yuans before going down itself, especially if the PLAN employ wolf pack tactics.

In the medium term, China could easily achieve swarm numbers and employ swarm tactics not with midget subs, but with unmanned underwater combat verhicles (UUCVs).

That is the only scenario under which the tactics and exchange rates you suggest would be acceptable to modern China.



Perhaps, that's assuming China doesn't go into war with US and Japan and its allies in the next few years. Of course I would agree if there is no immediate threat of war the current strategy would be most optimal for China, but the problem is there may be a high possibility of war in the next few years.

For the US and Japan, China right now is a emergent threat that can be deal with, instead of an existential threat that has to live with.

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    (NATO designation Shang-class) - 2 in active service. 4 more to enter service.
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    (NATO designation Yuan-class) - 13 in active service. 7 more under construction.
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    (NATO designation Song-class) - 13 in active service.
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    (NATO designation Kilo-class) - 12 in active service.
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    (NATO designation Qing-class) - 1 in service, as a test-bed for new technologies.


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And I havn't even start counting Taiwan, Australia, South Korea's sub fleets. China's sub fleet is both inferior technologically, and numerically. Not to mention US and Japan holds absolute superiority on anti-submarine warfare in this arena, which would further enlarge this gap enormously.
 
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kwaigonegin

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I personally don't think there is a high chance of war anytime soon or even in the foreseeable future regardless of the political situation in Taiwan or Japan so I'm not sure where you're getting your speculative statement from.

Besides I think we're all veering very close to offending forum rules so maybe we need to get back to taking just SSNs and such and not swarming tactics to overcome Jmsdf or uspacflt in hypothetical wars lol.
 
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