yea.
if you want some reading on the Chinese Kilo i think can read it
here but not sure how credible is this
http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/sub/yuan.asp
supposedly based on the KILO and after sub transfer
technology.
China sub building :
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/newcon-ss.htm
http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1001.cfm
http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/SIGNAL_Article_Template.asp?articleid=93&zoneid=22
http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/china/subs.html
the more i read on Chinese subs, the more i fear the china
threat. they've been doing stupid stunts like the surfing up
undetected close to the kitty hawk amidst and exercise and detected
by JMSDF shadowing the george washington as it moved from yokohoma
to seoul.
most disturbing this is.
Actually, on another forum, some analyst fella (who has shown to
be quite knowledgeable in a lot things, though he shuts up on
certain issues immediately), he pointed out that incident possibly
really wasn't orchestrated. For one thing, the submarine captain
has a few options.
1. He can hightail out of there and risk getting detected and
shot at.
2. Drift away in hope that he can get out of there quietly
(which is doubtful since Chinese made subs are still not up to spec
really). I would say that this might be a possible action but I
don't know too much of the technical details. But, you might note
that he was probably running to the limit of his submarine's
endurance and might not be able to get of there quietly.
3. Surface and say, "Sorry for the intrusion. Let us get some
oxygen and we will be on our way."
Of course, the real story might be really they planned to do
that, but the submarine in question has no AIP and thus have no
endurance for that sort of thing. They also must know the precise
location of the Kitty Hawk battlegroup as well. I might be totally
wrong of course.
Personally, I don't see China too much of a threat to the USN
until the USN goes close to the shore or through some narrow
chokepoint at the moment. Neither will they be a threat to us in
the near future. However, if China finally gets its nuclear
submarine force up to the level where the Russians have gotten to
(which is really a decade or so away), then they will give us
trouble. For now, well, just buy what we get hold of and either
hope China doesn't give a damn about us.
Though I sure hope they aren;'t overspending. Seems to me that
the rate at which they are acquiring new vessels is really
fast.