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highsea · 12-15-2004, 01:41 AM

The PLAN has a lot of catching up to do. Their Han, Song, Xia, and Ming class boats are a joke by western standards. I'm not even going to mention the Romeos. Even the Kilos have a lousy acoustic footprint (no matter what you read on the Internet). The 093 and Yuan haven't left Chinese territorial waters yet, and when they do, you can be sure they will be shadowed by at least 2 or 3 SSN's typing their footrint and learning everything about them possible. The same goes for the 094.

They have yet to have a successful launch of a SLBM, so the 094 is just a dock queen. They have no Carriers. Their new Frigates and Destroyers don't look too bad, but a couple DDG's and a FFG does not a blue water navy make.

I'm not discounting them as a threat, we have yet to see what the 093 and Yuan are capable of, and they are not going to stop building them. But they are probably the only serious challenge to a CVN that the PLAN can put forth.

12-15-2004, 01:41 AM	#138 (permalink)
highsea *Defense Professional* Join Date: 12-10-04 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,584	The PLAN has a lot of catching up to do. Their Han, Song, Xia, and Ming class boats are a joke by western standards. I'm not even going to mention the Romeos. Even the Kilos have a lousy acoustic footprint (no matter what you read on the Internet). The 093 and Yuan haven't left Chinese territorial waters yet, and when they do, you can be sure they will be shadowed by at least 2 or 3 SSN's typing their footrint and learning everything about them possible. The same goes for the 094. They have yet to have a successful launch of a SLBM, so the 094 is just a dock queen. They have no Carriers. Their new Frigates and Destroyers don't look too bad, but a couple DDG's and a FFG does not a blue water navy make. I'm not discounting them as a threat, we have yet to see what the 093 and Yuan are capable of, and they are not going to stop building them. But they are probably the only serious challenge to a CVN that the PLAN can put forth. Last edited by highsea : 12-15-2004 at 01:56 AM.