2/2: #PRC: The US submarine fleet vs the rising PRC submarine fleet. How much is Russian technology? Jerry Hendrix, Sagemore Institute.
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🗓️ 21 November 2023
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2/2: #PRC: The US submarine fleet vs the rising PRC submarine fleet. How much is Russian technology? Jerry Hendrix, Sagemore Institute.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/us-submarine-dominance-shift-china-8db10a0d?reflink=integratedwebview_share
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Besser with my colleague and friend Captain Jerry Hendricks, the United States |
| 0:08.8 | Navy retired aviator at Sagamore Institute, and we're discussing the Chinese submarine fleet. |
| 0:15.8 | Now I understand it is a challenge to the US Navy superiority in the Eastern Pacific. If there's in the East Asia and Western Pacific if there's anything that mitigates the Chinese intention to invade Taiwan |
| 0:30.6 | It's the submarine fleet especially especially the Virginia class, attack boats, but the Chinese |
| 0:35.4 | are building attack boats that get credibility from the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:39.0 | I want to make sure I'm seeing the right thing. |
| 0:41.2 | It's called the Chang class. Does that match up to the Virginia? the with some previous generations of our submarines, perhaps the Sturgeon class, the permit class, |
| 0:57.0 | perhaps even approaching some of our Los Angeles class, which are really fantastic fast attack |
| 1:02.0 | boats, many of which are still actively serving in terms of their overall quietness. |
| 1:06.7 | I don't believe that they come even close to the Virginia and they're certainly not close to the three |
| 1:11.3 | sea wolf class submarines that we built in the late 1990s in the early 2000s. |
| 1:17.0 | However, the key here is the Chinese are making the right investments. |
| 1:20.8 | They are understanding where the research and the science and the engineering is going and they are working hard and John they have a tremendous industrial base and a tremendous research and development base and so do not expect that the China will will build a lot of a |
| 1:36.4 | particular class of submarines. They will build a few, they will test, they will |
| 1:40.7 | experiment, and then they will build more that are more advanced and quieter. |
| 1:45.2 | You're going to see a rapid evolution of the Chinese underwater fleet over the next 10 to 15 years. |
| 1:51.3 | I just hope that quite frankly, |
| 1:54.2 | conflict does not come at a time |
| 1:57.2 | when we are significantly disadvantaged in this area. |
| 2:00.0 | Aircraft, you are very familiar with the range of aircraft that are participating in |
| 2:05.7 | anti-submarine warfare do we have the right aircraft or we developing new types and |
| 2:10.6 | have we got enough of them? |
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