Russia points out the weak point of the Chinese Navy

China is making efforts to develop anti-submarine technology, but Beijing still has a long way to go to catch up with Russia and the US.

China testing new anti-submarine technology?

The Chinese military has always attached great importance to the issue of anti-submarine warfare. Up to now, the PLA's anti-submarine capabilities are still considered one of the weakest links in its military potential. Therefore, the Chinese military attaches great importance to the issue of anti-submarine warfare.

This raises questions that need to be answered regarding the security of China's coastal and important sea routes, and is also a major concern for Beijing's construction of a strategic nuclear force at sea.

Hong Kong media recently published an article claiming that China is planning to deploy a plan to detect submarines from space, however, Russian experts have rejected this claim.

China is likely to use cold atom interferometers tested on its Tiangong-2 and Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft to detect submarines from space, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported.

Regarding this issue, Russian military expert Vasily Kashin said that the technical principles of the cold atom interferometer in Tiangong-2 and the new type of atomic clock equipped in Tiangong are the same.

It is well known that atomic interferometers can detect extremely small changes in the Earth's electromagnetic environment. Theoretically, this technique could be used to detect moving objects underwater.

However, there is no sign or information showing that this type of atomic interferometer is equipped for Tiangong-2. This is appropriate because the operating life of Tiangong-2 is only 2 years, so equipping it with an atomic interferometer is meaningless.

China is still chasing Russia-US

Kashin pointed out that the Chinese navy is carrying out new anti-submarine projects, such as the project to produce the Type 056 light anti-submarine frigate and the GX-6 (Gaoxin-6) land-based fixed-wing anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

China's GX-6 anti-submarine patrol aircraft

More importantly, the country is also building a network of fixed monitoring equipment on the seabed.

The principle of building this network is to spread underwater acoustic sensors (hydrophones), similar to the US SOSUS submarine tracking system, with the deployment range covering the entire first island chain.

Like other countries, China has invested heavily in submarine detection technology, such as satellites. If the atomic interferometer is real, this is one of those investments.

However, it is still unclear how far Beijing has developed this technology. Is this technology related to the manned spacecraft program? Meanwhile, the West has used satellites to test this aspect, not spacecraft like China.

In addition, Beijing has also researched and developed other advanced techniques for underwater warfare, paying special attention to developing new technical innovations, including unmanned diving equipment.

The ultimate goal of these efforts is to find a solution that will give absolute superiority to the very large number of nuclear submarines of the US Navy.

If Beijing solves the problem of anti-submarine warfare, at least within the first island chain, it will take China's “anti-submarine warfare” strategy to a new level.

But it's hard to predict when that will happen right now, as China is just starting to enter this field.

Therefore, experts say that to catch up with the comprehensive anti-submarine techniques of the US and Russia, China probably still has a lot to learn.

According to Baodatviet