I have no special knowledge, but I bet a lot of those Chinese subs are decrepit (sp?) old buses that would awaken the deaf during a rock concert. We'd hear them coming 100 miles away.
If warfare broke out between the Chicoms and the Nationalists in exile on Taiwan, the Chicom's submarine fleet would be in existence for about 48 hours. We have a presence in the Taiwan Strait 24/7/365.
>>I have no special knowledge, but I bet a lot of those Chinese subs are decrepit (sp?) old buses that would awaken the deaf during a rock concert. We'd hear them coming 100 miles away.
True ten years ago, completely false now. China has a number of Russian Kilo 636 diesel submarines, one of the quietest in the world, and their newest indigenous subs almost match the Kilos.