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CHINESE TYPE 094 JIN CLASS SUBMARINE HAD TO SURFACE || DEFENSE UPDATES - YouTube
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China largest submarine suddenly surfaced
among Vietnamese fishing boats in the South
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China Sea.
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According to international submarine warfare
analyst H.I. Sutton, the Chinese Type 094
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Jin Class submarine suddenly emerged from
the deep among a fishing fleet operating off
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the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.
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As per reports, the photo was taken by a Vietnamese
fisherman in September 2019.
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Prima-facie it will look like China is trying
to intimidate Vietnam with this act but there
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is more to the story.
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Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
such as the Jin Class is primarily intended
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to remain undetected by staying underwater
for long periods of time and act as a second
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strike option against a surprise attack by
an enemy nation.
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Surfacing means giving up its location and
this highly unlikely that it was done purposely.
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In this video Defense Updates analyzes the
surfacing of Chinese Type 094 Jin Class submarine.
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China claims most of the South China Sea.
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It said that it has "indisputable sovereignty"
over the area.
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Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and
Taiwan have disputed these claims.
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The route is significant as about $5 trillion
in trade through shipping passes each year.
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Countries like the US, Japan and India have
no claims in the area and want ‘Freedom
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of Navigation’ as per international maritime
laws.
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China has tried imposing a unilateral decision
as per which all ships & aircraft navigating
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in the area needs to identify itself to the
Chinese Navy.
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Viewers may note that The Philippines approached
international tribunal for arbitration and
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argued that Chinese activity in the region
was violating international law.
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On July 12, 2016, Judges at Hague tribunal
completely rejected China’s claims over
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the waters and stated that China’s claim
that it enjoyed historical rights over the
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South China Sea is incorrect.
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China had argued that the tribunal had no
jurisdiction in the matter and rejected the
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decision.
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Chinese activities in the region have been
getting more & more aggressive.
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China has tried to change the territorial
status quo gradually, island-by-island instead
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of trying to capture in one go.
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For example, China first occupied the Paracel
Islands in 1974 and then slowly expanded its
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presence southward by attacking Vietnam’s
islands in the Spratly chain in the 1980s.
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This strategy known as salami slicing aims
for the slow accumulation of small changes.
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China has been using strong-arm tactics to
threaten its smaller neighbors time and again
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which include patrols by warships and aircraft
close to their borders.
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Ballistic missile submarines are generally
nuclear powered and carry long-range nuclear-tipped
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missiles also known as SLBM or Submarine Launched
Ballistic Missile.
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Nuclear strikes can be carried out from land,
air, and sea and this is known as Nuclear
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Triad.
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Nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines
are considered to be the most potent weapon
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developed by mankind and they are the most
survivable part of the nuclear triad.
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There are good reasons for it.
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A surprise preemptive strike might wipe out
a country’s land-based missiles and nuclear
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bombers, but it’s very difficult to track
and take out a ballistic-missile submarine
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patrolling quietly in the depths of the ocean.
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Since they can’t be taken out by ‘first
strike’ and can retaliate against an enemy
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with SLBMs, no sane adversary will attack
a country that possesses a Nuclear Powered
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Ballistic missile submarines armed with SLBMs.
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The importance of these can be gauged from
the fact that the 14 Ballistic Missile Submarines
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of American Ohio class together carry approximately
50% of the total US active inventory of strategic
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thermonuclear warheads.
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Nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines
are very complex and costly to develop.
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This is why the US, Russia, UK, France, China,
and India are currently the only countries
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to field a nuclear powered ballistic missile
submarine.
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Since the main purpose of these submarines
is nuclear deterrence their location is one
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of the most closely guarded secrets of a nation.
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The exact location of these submarines at
any given point of time is known only to a
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handful of people.
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Type 094 Jin Class is the latest and most
potent ballistic missile submarine in the
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Chinese arsenal.
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Type 094 succeeds the Type 092 submarine.
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As per reports, China plans to build 8 of
these subs and 6 have been completed.
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The remaining two are expected to be completed
by 2020.
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Type 094 now forms the backbone of Chinese
nuclear deterrence.
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These have a length of 135 m and displaces
around 11,000 tons.
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For comparison, American Ohio class has a
length of 170 m and displaces 18,750 t whereas
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Russian Boria class has a length of 170 m
and displaces 24,000 t
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Type 094 is armed with 12 JL-2 SLBMs.
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The JL-2 is a naval variant of the land-based
DF-31.
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The missile was successfully fired from a
Type 094 submarine for the first time in 2009.
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JL-2 which is powered by a solid-fuel rocket
has an estimated range of 7,400 km (4,600
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mi) and each missile carries one nuclear warhead.
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The warhead is thought to be of 1 Mt
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To give viewers a perspective here is a comparison.
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Trinity Test in New Mexico in July 1945, which
ushered in the nuclear age, had a yield of
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20 kilotons.
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Hiroshima’s “Little Boy" bomb had a yield
of 13-18 kilotons whereas Nagasaki's "Fat
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Man" bomb had a yield of 20– 22-kilotons
of TNT.
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Type 094 deterrence patrols with JL-2 missiles
began in December 2015.
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A deterrent patrol is one where a ballistic
missile sub with a full complement of nuclear-tipped
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missiles sails towards its intended area of
deployment and is ready for a strike at a
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moment’s notice.
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In case of an attack by a nuclear-armed adversary,
the sub can be ordered to launch the missiles
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which is done by sending a coded message by
the high command.
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As of 2017, 48 JL-2 launchers are deployed
on Type 094 submarines
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The submarine surfaced more than 300 km or
around 185 miles from its home base at Sanya
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on the Chinese island of Hainan.
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China has many ways to bully its much smaller
neighbors and there is no reason to sacrifice
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the location of its most potent asset for
this.
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Speculations indicate that something went
wrong and the vessel was forced to surface
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unwillingly.
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As per submarine warfare analyst Mr. Sutton,
“Possibly the submarine had become entangled
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in a fishing net, or feared that it would
be.
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Surfacing may have saved the lives of the
fishermen, or the submariners.”
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Chinese like Russian never disclose anything
which shows weakness or failure.
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In August, an official state of mourning was
declared in the Russian city of Sarov after
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5 elite Russian scientists were killed in
an accident.
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The radiation level in the city spiked after
the incident though as per Russian sources
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it was not hazardous for health.
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Russia till now didn’t come clean on the
incident.
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Same way, it is unlikely that China will provide
any details but it highly likely that Type
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094 Jin Class had some sort of issue.
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