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The underwater confrontation at the heart of the China-US tug-of-war

2021-10-02T22:17:35.785Z


DECRYPTION - While Beijing is catching up on surface ships, the Pentagon is stepping up anti-submarine warfare.


Take a step back, the better to hit the opponent.

The Biden Administration endorses the methods of kung fu to counter the rise of the Chinese Navy in the Pacific.

By sealing the Aukus trilateral pact with Australia and the United Kingdom, Joe Biden offers a new projection platform to the US Navy, safe from the “

aircraft carrier killer

” ballistic missiles

of the People's Army release (APL).

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The Taiwan Strait, the perfect theater for the next world war

The dreaded DF23, tested in the South China Sea last year, poses a threat to American ships in these disputed waters, and their base in Guam, located 3,000 km off the coast of Fujian, but it cannot reach that of the Australian Navy at Stirling, near Perth, Western Australia, over 6,000 km from the People's Republic.

This site, as well as Darwin and a new base on the eastern coast of Oceania should accommodate the eight nuclear-powered attack submarines (ANS) promised by America, torpedoing the contract in the process.

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Source: lefigaro

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