Posted on 12/15/2015 5:29:44 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
A Chinese attack submarine conducted a simulated cruise missile attack on the aircraft carrier USS Reagan during a close encounter several weeks ago, according to American defense officials.
The targeting incident near the Sea of Japan in October violated China's 2014 commitment to the multinational Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, known as CUES, designed to reduce the risk of a shooting incident between naval vessels, said officials familiar with details of the encounter they described as "serious."
A section of the non-binding 2014 agreement states that commanders at sea should avoid actions that could lead to accidents or mishaps. Among the actions to be avoided are "simulation of attacks by aiming guns, missiles, fire control radar, torpedo tubes or other weapons in the direction of vessels or aircraft encountered."
Navy officials recently briefed congressional staff on the incident that took place during the weekend of Oct. 24-days before the Navy warship USS Lassens sailed within 12 miles of disputed Chinese islands in the South China Sea, triggering vocal criticism from Beijing.
The Obama administration has kept details of the submarine targeting incident secret to avoid upsetting military relations between the Pentagon and the People's Liberation Army.........................
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Um ... If we knew this happen, then the Chinese boat was detected, tracked, and several targeting solutions were set.
Normal stuff, really.
The best ‘simulation’ is to do all this and never get detected. A detected sub is a [potentially] dead sub.
The best way to kill a sub is with another sub...’nuff said.
“If you count three, mister, you’ll never hear the man count 10.”
soebarkah has a lot more in store before the so-called “end” of his term in office. Hold onto your hats and be ready.
Bears repeating.
We’re not at a point where we need to fear the ChiComs launching a surprise attack on one of our carriers. But being able to detect and track them now (which can be learned by watching them practice) will help us stop them should the time come when we do need to have that fear.
A simulated cruise missile attack means the Chinese sub probably maneuvered to a favorable position & range, then went shallow to a "launch" orientation.
Now ask yourself, how would we know that? . . . unless maybe we had an attack sub shadowing it? In wartime, or under more aggressive ROE, it would've never made it up to launch depth.
...at one point in Cold War ...
Every Soviet boomer was pinged at
The same time everywhere in the world .
...and that is just the technology we know
About...long... Long ago .
We do spend a lot, but Needed!
That’s ok....Bambi doesn’t have anything he’s willing to protect except his legacy.
He’ll blame Bush.
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