China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that 4 in English, the British "Sunday Times" last month, 21 a consumer guide that the U.S. has deployed a new generation of high-performance, high-speed stealth warships - "Independence" (USS Independence) LCS (littoral combat ship) stationed in the disputed South China Sea.
Xinhua News Agency reported that 400 million $ 40 million worth of ships will be deployed in Hong Kong and Singapore, on between the channel.In this piece of water, four countries and China on a dispute over maritime boundaries.
According to the report, "Independence" was launched in October 2010, specifically for combat in shallow areas.Equipped with a British company manufactured diameter of 57 cm MKIlO type of gun as a defensive tool, plus the air, land and underwater missile target.They also can carry three helicopters and special forces equipped with armored vehicles.By laying the ramp, you can immediately put into combat armored vehicles, boats are also available from the stern at the start.
This case shows a smooth ship to avoid the application of radar stealth technology, stable trimaran designed for combat in the South China Sea.U.S. experts even claim that this ship in anti-submarine, minesweeping, surveillance, reconnaissance and deployment of troops in the composite performance "better than any known Chinese ships."
Do not know if this has made in the last 22 months the news of the reasons why the British media Xinhua News Agency reported only recently.Reported that this is the outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, former U.S. ordered to deploy in June this year in Singapore, in response to the situation in the South China Sea.
According to the "Independence," the designer, the former U.S. Navy destroyer Moran said Carter, adhering to the U.S. Navy ship, "Sea Strike, Sea Shield, Sea Basing" concept, the tonnage is not manipulating the flexible and convenient, such as the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea coastal areas taking action, especially to Hong Kong from the Malacca Strait, as well as international flights across the Taiwan Strait appear on "sudden events" to respond quickly.
"Independence" does not exceed the full load displacement of 2,000 tons, maximum speed of up to 60, and a lot of speed in the 30 warships of up and down."Independence," a combination of hull structure can be re-used, according to work needs assembly, modules with different weapons systems, "plug and play", which allows it to anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, mine warfare three large domains rapidly between roles, relying on their strong stealth features and advantages of draft less than four meters, "Independence," also secretly travel to the enemy coast, special forces landed to assist the implementation of maritime infiltration, future U.S. military called a "round ships."
British "Sunday Times" quoted experts as saying the United States, in the monitoring, detection and rapid force projection, etc., "Independence" more than any known Chinese surface warships, now can be balanced to some extent the Chinese navy in the South China Sea. " dominance "situation.
Chinese media quoted military experts as saying the Chinese navy as large surface ships is generally selected by the Singapore side of the waters of the Strait of Malacca to the Gulf of Aden to escort work, "Independence" in there, first arrived in the past will no doubt provide the U.S. military reconnaissance the opportunity of China's advanced warships.Navy hopes "Independence" will be the Chinese army in the South often have to meet the "nail."
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