Some of China’s most advanced warships appear to be among four People’s Liberation Army Navy vessels that sailed within the exclusive economic zone of the United States, off Alaska, at the end of August.
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The United States on Wednesday announced the launch of a security partnership with Britain and Australia in an apparent effort to counter China's assertiveness, paving the way for Canberra to obtain nuclear-powered submarines and join a handful of countries that operate them.
What is interesting is that China has retrofitted an older vessel with VLS, which raises the possibility that the Chinese Navy could arm its older destroyers and frigates with multiple launch tubes.
China s Foreign Ministry said the U.S. and U.K. decision to export "highly sensitive" nuclear submarine technology was "extremely irresponsible behavior."