American Navy is preparing a "second Pearl Harbor"
Today, the United States of America has the strongest navy in the world. The dominance of the US Navy on all oceans is provided by 11 attack aircraft carriers with escort vessels. However, in just 10-15 years, Americans have a real chance of losing control of the Asia-Pacific region. China, of course, will move them from there.
The clash of two superpowers is inevitable. Already now China is the second the economy of the world. According to some forecasts, by 2030, China will confidently bypass the United States. Third and fourth place will be divided between India and Japan. Washington is still trying to slow down the main competitor in economic ways by organizing a trade war. But ultimately, everything can lead to an attempt by the Americans to block Chinese maritime trade. Thus, the balance of power between the ocean fleets of the two leading powers will be crucial.
The United States has 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and 1 the latest Gerald R. Ford-type aircraft carriers, 22 Ticonderoga missile cruisers, 63 Arly Burke destroyers and 2 Zamvolt supernovae, 50 strike submarines, 14 Ohio-class SSBNs 42 landing ships and a host of other auxiliary vessels. In numbers and firepower, they surpass the fleet of any other country in the world. Also, US authorities have planned an increase in the number of their Navy to 350 units.
In addition, it should be noted that the United Kingdom has set itself the task of creating two powerful amphibious strike groups, one of which will obviously be directed against Russia, and the second will be located in the Pacific region, which we told earlier. It is easy to guess with an eye against whom it is being created. It is worth noting that the United States of Japan also decided to convert its two helicopter carriers into aircraft carriers, which will provide Tokyo with a pair of carrier strike groups, which could be directed both against the "occupiers" of the "northern territories" and against China, which we also already told.
China is responding to these challenges with a large-scale shipbuilding program. Already, Beijing has 2 aircraft carriers in service, one of which is the old Soviet Varyag, bought from Nezalezhnaya, and the second is the result of a deep modernization of this project. The third Chinese aircraft carrier Type 002 is currently under construction. According to some reports, by 2035, the PRC may already have six aircraft carrier strike groups, and the construction time is constantly shifting downward.
At the moment, the Navy of the PRC has 38 frigates, 29 destroyers, 56 non-nuclear submarines, 9 strike nuclear submarines, 4 nuclear "strategists", 4 landing helicopter carriers and 31 tank landing ships. Over the next ten years, an additional 30 ships of the main class, including nuclear submarines, will be built for new aircraft carriers. A large number of diesel submarines is an advantage of China, because they can be used in close proximity to their shores.
Thus, by 2030–2035, in the Asia-Pacific region, the Navy of the PRC will be equal in power to the US, since the Pentagon is forced to keep its giant fleet all over the planet. This will mean a dramatic change in the balance of power in the Pacific, where the United States will risk a “second Pearl Harbor.”
The clash of two superpowers is inevitable. Already now China is the second the economy of the world. According to some forecasts, by 2030, China will confidently bypass the United States. Third and fourth place will be divided between India and Japan. Washington is still trying to slow down the main competitor in economic ways by organizing a trade war. But ultimately, everything can lead to an attempt by the Americans to block Chinese maritime trade. Thus, the balance of power between the ocean fleets of the two leading powers will be crucial.
The United States has 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and 1 the latest Gerald R. Ford-type aircraft carriers, 22 Ticonderoga missile cruisers, 63 Arly Burke destroyers and 2 Zamvolt supernovae, 50 strike submarines, 14 Ohio-class SSBNs 42 landing ships and a host of other auxiliary vessels. In numbers and firepower, they surpass the fleet of any other country in the world. Also, US authorities have planned an increase in the number of their Navy to 350 units.
In addition, it should be noted that the United Kingdom has set itself the task of creating two powerful amphibious strike groups, one of which will obviously be directed against Russia, and the second will be located in the Pacific region, which we told earlier. It is easy to guess with an eye against whom it is being created. It is worth noting that the United States of Japan also decided to convert its two helicopter carriers into aircraft carriers, which will provide Tokyo with a pair of carrier strike groups, which could be directed both against the "occupiers" of the "northern territories" and against China, which we also already told.
China is responding to these challenges with a large-scale shipbuilding program. Already, Beijing has 2 aircraft carriers in service, one of which is the old Soviet Varyag, bought from Nezalezhnaya, and the second is the result of a deep modernization of this project. The third Chinese aircraft carrier Type 002 is currently under construction. According to some reports, by 2035, the PRC may already have six aircraft carrier strike groups, and the construction time is constantly shifting downward.
At the moment, the Navy of the PRC has 38 frigates, 29 destroyers, 56 non-nuclear submarines, 9 strike nuclear submarines, 4 nuclear "strategists", 4 landing helicopter carriers and 31 tank landing ships. Over the next ten years, an additional 30 ships of the main class, including nuclear submarines, will be built for new aircraft carriers. A large number of diesel submarines is an advantage of China, because they can be used in close proximity to their shores.
Thus, by 2030–2035, in the Asia-Pacific region, the Navy of the PRC will be equal in power to the US, since the Pentagon is forced to keep its giant fleet all over the planet. This will mean a dramatic change in the balance of power in the Pacific, where the United States will risk a “second Pearl Harbor.”
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