As an important part of the trinity nuclear strike against forces, nuclear submarine has always been a symbol of a country's comprehensive strength. However, just recently, the United States, which has the title of "world hegemony", has "lost" in the hidden power of nuclear submarines. After a US Navy's Seawolf-class nuclear-powered submarine called "USS Connecticut" (SSN-22) unfortunately collided with the undersea mountains while performing a "secret mission" in the South China Sea on October 2 last year, another US Virginia nuclear-powered submarine was driven away by the Russian ship when it was infiltrated near the Russian Kuril Islands, which was a shame to the US Navy. According to a report by Reuters on February 14, the United States has denied the Russian Ministry of Defense's claim that the US Navy's Virginia-class nuclear submarine was found in Russian territorial waters. U.S. military spokesman Kyle Raines also solemnly emphasized in a statement: "Russia's claim that our actions in its territorial waters are not true." As the saying goes, facts are better than words. The US response method of "no silver here" actually confirms that the Russian Ministry of Defense's statement is not groundless.
1. The US military intends to "peep" on the Russian military exercise through submarine , and the ending is comfortable.
As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. The purpose of the US Navy's Virginia-class nuclear submarine this time is exactly the same as its dispatch of Seawolf-class nuclear submarines into China's South China Sea last year. It is nothing more than the purpose of using the hidden nature of its own nuclear submarines to collect as much useful intelligence as possible in the Chinese and Russian territorial waters, such as the underwater voiceprint characteristics of Chinese and Russian naval ships, the hydrological characteristics in the territorial waters, and the defense strength. But now it seems that the US nuclear submarine is not as difficult to detect as "undersea black holes". Not only are there frequent incidents underwater, but it also "prototypes" appear under the eyes of Russian warships.
According to relevant information provided by Russian TASS (TASS), at around 10:40 on February 12, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine from the US Navy quietly approached the Russian territorial waters of Urup Island in the Kuril Islands and appeared in the area where the Russian Pacific Fleet held the exercises as planned. However, while approaching the Russian fleet, it was unfortunately discovered by the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate. After that, according to international practice, the Russian side called out to the American submarines in Russian and English through the water acoustic communication system, saying, "You are in Russian territorial waters. Appear immediately!", but the American submarines were still deaf and dumb and ignored Russia's requests. They did not return in disappointment until Russia took "corresponding means". Afterwards, Dmitry Litovkin, executive editor-in-chief of Russia's Independent Military Observation and military expert Litovkin said in an interview with Red Star TV station (Zvezda) on the 13th: "The Russian Pacific Fleet Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate played a gateway guard in yesterday's incident of driving US submarines near of the South Kuril Islands. It's like you saw violators while alerting the guards. The first 'fire into the air' was to send messages to the underwater submarine in this case, which invaded Russia's territorial waters and was in danger of being destroyed at any time. For this reason, some special anti-submarine devices will fire grenades to the submarine. The crew showed that they were surrounded by the 'red flag'. If they did not take any measures, the next step would be the collapse of this target. "
From the words of Dmitry Litovkin, we can hear that the Virginia-class nuclear submarine ordered to monitor the Russian Pacific Fleet exercises on the 12th experienced the biggest crisis in its "career". Not only did it fail to complete the task of collecting intelligence related to the progress of the Russian military exercises issued by the US Navy Command, but it almost added a new " anti-submarine " exercise subject to Russian warships, becoming the "living target" of the missile drills. In this temporary addition of exercise subjects, the frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" occupied the "C position" of the entire venue.Although this is a "grandship" derived from the former Soviet Union's large anti-submarine ship program 1155 "Frigate Bird" (Больши́е противолодо́чные корабли́кта 1155 «Фрега́т»), it is under the inheritance of the Russian Navy , and plays the role of a "large anti-submarine destroyer". Although Western media regard it as " frigate ", its full load displacement reaches an astonishing 7,570 tons, which is the " destroyer ". Among them, the hull number 543 of "Master Shaboshnikov" was started on May 25, 1983 at the Youngtal Shipyard in Baltic, Kaliningrad, completed and launched on December 27, 1984, and officially put into service on December 30, 1985. It has a history of 37 years. It is worth mentioning that although the "Master Shaposhnikov" is old, its performance is not behind, because as early as 2020, it had just completed a comprehensive upgrade and renovation. More than 20% of the superstructures were demolished and rebuilt, replaced with stealth naval guns, Uranus anti-ship missiles and the new vertical launch system , which has the ability to launch "caliber" cruise missiles. At the same time, in terms of air-to-air, anti-submarine, command systems and other electronic equipment, the Russian army has also made many seemingly invisible upgrades, making it possible to discover the most advanced Virginia-class nuclear submarine in the United States in a timely manner.
2, "Sea Wolf" hits a mountain, F-35 falls into the sea, the Western Pacific may become a nightmare for the US military.
As the saying goes, you won’t die if you don’t do it, but Americans obviously don’t know the truth about it. They still resolutely invade the Chinese and Russian territorial waters while "not adapting to the local conditions", and eventually become a laughing stock in the military circles of various countries. Since the US Navy's Connecticut submarine almost died in the South China Sea on October 2, 2021, the US Navy Command only concluded its "underwater mountain crash" accident on November 1. Affected by the collision, the U.S. Navy Submarine Force Command finally asked some U.S. submarines to suspend navigation on November 17, and the damaged USS Connecticut submarine departed from the port of San Diego, California to arrive at its home port in Bremerton, Washington on December 20. According to common sense, with this heavy experience, the US Navy should be more "settled" in the South China Sea, but in fact they did not do so. Instead, starting from January this year, they sent a dual-carrier fleet led by the US Navy USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 to the South China Sea for military exercises. But not long after the exercise began, an F-35C lost control and hit the flight deck of the "Calvinson" during the deck landing training on the 24th. Not only did it cause six deck staff to be injured to varying degrees, but it almost caused the aircraft carrier to lose its combat capability.
Because it was too embarrassing, this happened on the 24th and the 25th was confirmed by the US Navy. To this day, we have not heard the news that the US military has successfully salvage and recycled this F-35 from the sea. From the beginning of invading China's South China Sea with great might, to the later fear that China will pick up the "treasure" of the US military in its own territorial waters, the US Navy's behavior of trampling on the South China Sea of China finally ended up suffering. Regarding the question of whether the Chinese Navy will salvage US military aircraft, which has been extremely concerned by the outside world, Zhao Lijian, spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in person at a regular press conference hosted on January 27: "I have noticed the relevant reports, and I have also noticed that this is not the first time that the United States has an accident in the South China Sea. A submarine hit a mountain the previous period. They have not made it clear. This time, their aircraft carrier-based aircraft, , had another accident and fell into the South China Sea. We are not interested in their aircraft. We advise relevant countries to do more things that are conducive to regional peace and stability, rather than showing off their military power in the region at any time."
As the saying goes, the army of the past and the subsequent affairs are the army, but the Biden administration of the US, which has regarded China and Russia as "thorns in the eye and thorns in the flesh", has obviously "can't sit still."Even during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics , they did not take the international practice of "rest during the Olympic Games" seriously. They were still armed and waved big sticks to China and Russia. While hyping up military confrontation on the Ukrainian border against Europe's will, they ignored China's opposition to continue to promote arms sales to Taiwan, constantly touching the bottom line of China and Russia. On this basis, the United States can even pretend to be a sage, "a thief is still catching a thief", which is deeply admired. According to the latest report from Deutsche Welle (DW), U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan once said shamelessly on February 13: "Russia may intend to attack Ukraine before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 20, and may start with air strikes." U.S. President Joe Biden directly urged U.S. citizens in Ukraine to "depart immediately", warning that the local situation may change suddenly. In contrast, the recent US military has continuously sent troops and weapons to Ukraine and sold a new batch of "Patriot" air defense missile systems to several people who forgot their ancestors, which is involuntarily annoying and funny.
Because in the eyes of the outside world, the Biden administration in the United States is the culprit for the continued heating of the situation in Ukraine and the delay in solving various sensitive problems. This is not something that Americans can refuse to admit by talking to themselves or covering up their ears. Regarding the recent recent incident of the US Navy's Virginia-class nuclear submarine being nearly sunk by the "Marshal Shaposhnikov", US military spokesman Kyle Reins was also pretending to be deaf and dumb, and declared in a statement: "I will not comment on the exact location of our submarine, but we did fly, sail operations in international waters and carry out (these activities) safely." But whether the US is willing to admit it or not, the Russian Ministry of Defense has issued a notice on the 12th, sending a note to the United States on the activities of US nuclear submarines in Russian territorial waters near Kuril Islands . The defense military officer of the US Embassy in Moscow has also been summoned by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The United States denies that the Virginia was driven away by the Russian army, which is even more ugly than the sea wolf hitting the mountain in the South China Sea. According to the guidance documents recently released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on underwater defense to defend Russian borders, the frigate of the Pacific Fleet "Marson of Shaboshnikov" expelled it in the form of a warning shot after the message to the US submarine was invalid. After realizing that its position was exposed and something was wrong, the US submarine immediately used MOSS (mobile simulated submarine bait) to disperse the monitoring of Russian radar and acoustic equipment, and leave Russian territorial waters as quickly as possible. After that, the Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized: "The US's actions are regarded as a serious violation of international law and reminded that Russia "reserved the right to take all possible measures in its territorial waters to ensure national security." "At the same time, the US State Department approved the sale of a five-year Patriot System Engineering Service Plan on 222. On February 7, the US State Department of Forgetful Ancestors approved the sale of a five-year Patriot System Engineering Service Plan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also publicly responded at a regular press conference on February 8: "The United States sold weapons to Taiwan, China, seriously violated the one-China principle of and three Sino-US joint communiqués , seriously damaged China's sovereignty and security interests, seriously damaged China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. The US should immediately cancel the above-mentioned arms sales plan to Taiwan and stop selling weapons to the US-Taiwan military contacts. Otherwise, China will take legitimate and effective measures to firmly defend its sovereignty and security interests. Please wait and see the specific measures. "From the current perspective, the US military's hype about the situation in Ukraine and the Taiwan Strait and the so-called "free navigation" in China and Russia's territorial waters will further aggravate the possibility of military conflicts in these areas, and ultimately lead to the "playing with fire and self-immolation" by the US authorities.