China came up tops in submarine warfare in the South China Sea

 Without gloating, with no admission from the Americans, the facts are staring down at the Americans. China has proven to be superior to the Americans in submarine warfare. How so?

China has about 100 submarines while the Americans have 70. China's submarines are concentrated in the East and South China Seas. This is like the hornet's nest for Chinese submarines. The American submarines are spread thinly all over the world, in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and the polar seas.

Another important aspect is the role of the submarines. They are attack ships and one of their main roles is to shadow aircraft carriers. The American submarines would be tracking and shadowing Chinese aircraft carriers and Russian warships as well. The Chinese submarines would be the tails of every American aircraft carrier and warship in the East and South China Seas.

How would these activities foretell who is more superior than the other? The Americans have been bragging about the superiority of their submarines vis a vis the Chinese and the Russians.  Chinese submarines are noisy and easily detectable. Chinese submarine technology are inferior to the Americans. How then could a Chinese submarine popped up in the middle of an American wargame without being detected until it surfaced? The Americans were busy playing their wargame or sleeping?

The Chinese submarine surfaced by its own to prove to the Americans what it could do. It is another story if a submarine is forced to surface by an adversary warship or warplane. Every time an American aircraft carrier or warship enters the Chinese seas, you can bet the submarines would be there to meet them and to track them, with missiles ready to fire at them. Similarly, when the Liaoning or Shangdong aircraft carriers are in the East and South China Seas, the American submarines would be there tracking them. Both the Chinese and Americans would not let the aircraft carriers out of sight in case they turned mischievous.

In anti submarine warfare, both sides would be hunting the submarines and when detected, the submarines would be forced to surface or risk being hit by depth charges. There are certain rulings that both sides would abide by when detected and have to surface. So far no Chinese submarines were detected and forced to surface. And there are so many of them shadowing the American aircraft carriers in the Chinese seas. Recently, two American nuclear submarines were detected by Chinese warships and forced to surface in the South China Sea.

These incidents say that either the American submarines were noisy enough to be detected, or the Chinese anti submarine technology is superior enough to find them. And the fact is that relatively there were much fewer American submarines in the Chinese seas than the Chinese. And there were many more opportunities for the Americans to detect Chinese submarines tailing them but unable to do so.

The Chinese anti submarine warfare and technology thus have proven that they are superior to the Americans, definitely not inferior to the Americans. If one still has doubt, just recall the accident of USS Connecticut. This is the best the Americans have, the most expensive and the most sophisticated. The Americans claimed that it was so blind that it slammed into an undersea mountain. And the South China Sea was totally devoid of Chinese ships, not even a single Chinese fishing boat was around to see this monster floating and limping its way to Guam! Everyone would know that the whole of the South China Sea is filled with Chinese fishing boats and naval ships.

The truth is that the Chinese were tracking the USS Connecticut and could position a small drone submarine in its path without being detected by the Connecticut. And the Connecticut smashed into it and ended up with a bashed nose and had to float to the surface. The Chinese naval ships then escorted it half way to Guam. This incident was so embarrassing to the Americans that they had to lie about a blind super sub hitting a mountain in the South China Sea. They have berthed the Connecticut in Guam and now trying to fit a pair of spectacles for this super sub before letting it out in the ocean again. And the damage was so bad that it would take years before it is sea worthy to be mischievous again. Think it would not dare to appear in the South China Sea again.