Chinese Subs’ Nukes Can Reach US
By Joshua Philipp
Epoch Times
April 8, 2015
The Chinese regime is developing a new capability for submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and a U.S. admiral told reporters that he finds the development concerning.
“Any time a nation has developed nuclear weapons and delivery platforms that can range the homeland, it’s a concern of mine,” said Adm. Bill Gortney, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, during an April 7 Pentagon press briefing.
Gortney said the Chinese regime has already “put to sea their sea-launch ballistic missile submarines,” noting that China may have “three in the water right now.”
The United States is carefully watching the Chinese regime’s submarines and will be deploying a new system to track submarines by fall this year. It will keep tabs on hostile submarines by tailing them with new quiet and robotic Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessels.
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