April 26, 2019
Why the U.S. Navy Should Fear China's Submarine Fleet
It might get something critical: bases overseas.
by Lyle J. Goldstein
For American strategists, there certainly are troubling implications.
Between major decisions on a new deployment to Afghanistan and a wholly new Persian Gulf crisis, not to mention the boiling crises in Syria and North Korea, Washington strategists can be forgiven for putting China’s naval buildup on the back burner. As Beijing fills the “near seasâ€â€”and now the “far seasâ€â€”with new frigates, destroyers and aircraft carriers, the orientation and larger strategy guiding its future submarine force remains an open question that this column has tried to focus on. Moreover, the tendency of Washington analysts has been, rather predictably, to exaggerate the potential threat posed by China’s naval buildup; this columnist has repeatedly argued against that tendency.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-us-navy-should-fear-chinas-submarine-fleet-54402
