Category: anti-submarine warfare

As the CCP Puts Longer Range Missiles on Submarines, US Experts Call for Submarine Patrols in South China Sea

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has deployed new, longer range, ballistic missiles on six of its nuclear-powered submarines, enabling them to strike the continental United States while situated closer to China’s coastline. U.S. military experts believe that the United States should send submarines to patrol the South China Sea to track Chinese submarines, as doing…


Beijing Says Dangerous Air Maneuvers Against Australian Aircraft Acceptable

Beijing has defended a PLA pilot’s dangerous air maneuvers made against an Australian military plane that was conducting maritime surveillance in international airspace in the South China Sea, stating the actions were “reasonable, and legitimate.” A spokesperson for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Ministry of Defence claimed that the Australian P-8A aircraft entered its sovereign…


Australia’s National Science Agency Drops China Collaboration After Security Concerns

Australia’s national science body, the CSIRO, has announced it will no longer work with China on marine research following a warning from Australia’s intelligence bureau that the collaboration could help the Chinese navy track Australian submarines. The CSIRO Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR)—based in Hobart, Tasmania—was told on June 11 that its oceans research collaboration…