February 8, 2020
Back in 2010 the U.S. Navy Freaked China Out. How? Surfacing 3 Nuclear Submarines.
Scary stuff.
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
Key point: Beijing likes to use missile tests and threats to make a point. But Washington can do that too, and with its own powerful boomers.
Nuclear powers rarely go to war with each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t threaten to do so.
Indeed, military posturing is an integral part of what Forrest Morgan, an analyst for the RAND Corporation, called “crisis stability.†In other words, “building and posturing forces in ways that allow a state, if confronted, to avoid war without backing down.â€
Long-range heavy bombers are some of the best forces for crisis stability, Morgan wrote in a 2013 study for the U.S. Air Force. Bombers are powerful, mobile and visible — perfect for signalling strength and intent.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/back-2010-us-navy-freaked-china-out-how-surfacing-3-nuclear-submarines-121341
