they are improving
a lot of people think it is their Nuc. subs we need to watch but with the new developments in batteries the newer Diesel electric subs only have to surface and run their diesel eng. once every three or four days and not for that long to recharge and can go a very long distance on their batteries
have a nice night
The PRC armed forces are an extension of the CCP and as such are subordinate to the Party, just as the CCP-PRC state is subordinate to the Party. In other words the Chinese armed forces are the armed forces of the Communist Party.
From the company level up through the units from battalion, regiment, brigade, fleet, wing, submarine force and so on there are two co-commanders of each unit. One officer is the military officer while the other co-commander is the political officer. While the two are called co-commanders the political officer who is far less educated and trained in tactics, strategy, operations, is the senior commander who has the final word.
The increasing number of ships and submarines in the PLA Navy merits our attention for several reasons among them being the fact quantity has a quality all of its own. So underestimating the steady progress of the Chinese navy would also reflect a serious miscalculation. Nonetheless, the professionalism, consistent at-sea experience, combat readiness, and command and control capabilities of any navy are paramount considerations. So while we continue to witness the ongoing increase in the size of the Chinese navy, we should also more fully account for their ability to harness these platforms effectively,
China's historic riverboat only navy of a single paddleboat here and another single boat there is a shallow history for the PLAN to draw on regionally and globally. Mao got China's first submarine from the Soviet Russians in 1953 and Beijing has continued to buy Russian export model subs and Russian export limited designs. Several years ago Beijing reactivated retired Naval NCO due to a personnel shortage yet shipboard officers, nco and enlisted personnel alike continue to rely on their manuals since no one has the experience or the expertise of modern naval technology and warfare, to include aircraft carrier strike groups.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative notes that while PLAN ships continue to be commissioned, ship construction and plans continue to be slowed and revised due to budget and personnel constraints. CCP Boyz in Beijing cringe at the kind of personnel costs of their armed forces that the USA has for both active duty and retired forces, hence the pay and benefits of a career in the CCP armed forces are meager.
Moreover, of the 60 PLAN subs only 17 have Chinese designed AIP. Add to this Japan's naval focus is ASW in support of surface ships to repel an invader's amphibious force land, air, sea and we get a better idea of why the last thing CCP Boyz in Beijing want presently or foreseeably is a conflict of any kind, much less a war -- Taiwan included.