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china should fear some of the weapons discussed last week such as the type 071 amphibious ship
and chinese cyber weapons were unfamiliar to many readers this week we're turning the list
around and discussing the five american weapons that china likely fears most
as a superpower the united states has maintained a formidable technologically advanced military for
decades while the chinese weapons highlighted last week were often designed with the united
states in mind none of the weapons this week were explicitly designed to fight china many of the
weapons featured here were first designed during the cold war and predate china's military rise
again it's important to point out that the chances of war between the united states and china
are remote there is too much advantage for both countries and maintaining the status quo
of a strong economic relationship roughly 500 billion dollars in bilateral trade and cordial if
stiff diplomatic ties a war would be a political economic and military disaster for both sides
number one b2 spirit one of the most recognizable weapons in the world the bat-winged b-2 spirit
bomber is also one of the deadliest originally conceived as a strategic nuclear bomber the b-2
was modified at the end of the cold war to also serve as a conventional bomber
the b-2's ability to penetrate air defense networks travel up to 6 000
miles without refueling and carry up to 40 tons of satellite-guided bombs makes it possibly the most
lethal weapon system currently in existence the b-2 is fearsome to beijing as it is undetectable
and can reach targets anywhere in china the b2 can take off from anderson air force base on the
island of guam and strike targets from xinjiang to shanghai if the united states and china were
to go to war in the western pacific china could expect strikes anywhere within its borders
the b-2 was yet another weapon system that illustrates the many one-sided
advantages the united states possesses in any hypothetical conflict with the united states
china could not hope to attack the u.s mainland with anything but cyber and nuclear weapons
the b2 has no equivalent in chinese arsenals although to be fair a strategic bomber has
never been a chinese priority there are rumors of a stealth bomber under development in china but so
far nothing tangible has appeared unlike the other weapons on this list the b2 bomber has already
attacked chinese territory technically the b2 has name recognition in china for having mistakenly
attacked the chinese embassy in belgrade during nato's 1999 air campaign against yugoslavia
three chinese citizens were killed and 20 wounded and what the chinese government called a barbarian
act the bombing set back u.s chinese relations and ignited considerable anti-american sentiment
in china number two f-35 lightning ii the f-35 lightning ii is america's next generation fighter
bomber meant to replace existing aircraft such as the f-16 f-a-18c and a-10 malign for being over
budget and behind schedule the f-35 strike fighter has had a rocky development history
still if the f-35 does indeed eventually work as advertised it will be a formidable aircraft
the sheer number of f-35s in service will be problematic for beijing although the u.s air
force's campaign to make every new fighter a fifth generation fighter has been enormously expensive
and resulted in an aging fighter fleet an all-stealth fighter fleet does complicate matters
for potential adversaries the f-35 will extend china's stealth problem in any future conflict
china would already likely see f-22 raptors based at kadena air base on the island of okinawa
u.s air force f-16c fighters at misawa air force base in northern japan will likely be replaced
with f-35as the increased range of the f-35 over the f-16 means that fighters from misawa
could theoretically strike the chinese mainland with standoff weapons further complicating the
issue for beijing some of china's other potential adversaries such as australia will also be flying
f-35s all of china's air defenses from aew aircraft to surface-to-air missiles guarding
aircraft carriers to man-portable systems would have to be optimized against stealth aircraft
not even the united states is properly prepared for such a threat while aircraft such as the f-35
is extremely expensive and all stealth forces do push adversaries to invest in expensive
upgrades of their air defenses number three virginia class submarine the virginia class
attack submarines are the most advanced nuclear submarines in the world first introduced in 2004
the virginia class submarines displaced 7 800 tons and are powered by a single s9g nuclear reactor
that gives each unlimited range the submarines are not only capable of attacking enemy ships
and submarines but are capable of launching cruise missile attacks serving as a mother
ship for unmanned undersea vehicles supporting naval special operation forces and collecting
intelligence the submarines are armed with four torpedo tubes armed with a mixture of
mk-48 guided torpedoes and sub-harpoon anti-ship missiles in addition to torpedo tube armament the
virginia class has 12 vertical launch silos for tomahawk land attack long-range cruise missiles
the submarines can also transport u.s navy seals and other naval special forces
china fears the virginia class submarines because it has zero operational experience
in anti-submarine warfare or asw and a woefully insufficient asw capability
none of china's submarines including the shang nuclear or yuan-class diesel electric boats can
match the virginia class in sensors stealth and armament and would be at a distinct disadvantage
in a one-on-one undersea duel china has approximately three y-8 long-range maritime patrol
aircraft in the same class as the western p3c orion japan by contrast has roughly 100 p3c orions
and considers asw so important it is developing its replacement for the aging orion number four
f-22 raptor the f-22 raptor is currently the only operational fifth generation fighter in the world
a stealthy single-seat fighter with ground attack reconnaissance and electronic warfare capabilities
the f-22 is capable of cruising at mach 1.82 without an afterburner the f-22 carries up to two
aim 9x short range and 6 aim 120 medium range and anti-aircraft missiles in the
fighter roll and can carry precision guided air to ground weapons in the ground attack roll
china fears the f-22 because there is nothing like it in china's arsenal for the foreseeable
future the f-22 will dominate the air environment wherever it is sent china's existing fighters
the indigenous j-10 and various derivatives of the su-27 flanker design j11 j16 su-30mk
are not stealthy and in a beyond visual range battle would be at a disadvantage against the f-22
in a shooting war the f-22 raptor could [ __ ] the people's liberation army air force or plaaf
by stripping away support aircraft that allowed chinese fighters and bombers to fly long distances
f-22s could evade chinese combat air patrol sweeps and engage airborne early warning aew
aircraft such as the kj-2000 and mid-air refueling aircraft such as the jian h6 chinese aircraft
would then be limited to whatever fuel they could carry and chinese early warning coverage would be
limited to mainland radar installations the ground attack and electronic warfare capabilities of the
f-22 would also pose a problem for the plaaf the f-22's ability to evade radar on route to
bombing targets on the ground makes it a platform that could likely penetrate chinese air defenses
the f-22 sensor suite makes it capable of quietly collecting enemy data such as radio
and radar emissions without an adversary knowing it was in the area this capability could even be
useful in peacetime for intelligence collection purposes china does have fifth generation fighter
aircraft and development to counter the f-22 the j-20 whose development path is uncertain
may emerge as a fighter to challenge the f-22 the j-31 is another fifth generation design
development prototypes of both aircraft are currently flying but it may be another decade
before either reach operational status in the meantime china is very exposed to the f-22 threat
and there's not a whole lot it could do about it number five ford class aircraft carriers
since the end of the second world war the aircraft carrier has been the symbol of american
power projection american carriers typically displace up to 100 000 tons fully loaded the
embarked carrier air wing typically includes four squadrons of f slash a 18 c hornet or f slash a
18 e f super hornet strike fighters up to 52 aircraft total four or five ea-6b prowler
or ea-18g growler electronic warfare aircraft approximately a dozen mh-60 seahawks and a pair
of c2 greyhound carrier onboard delivery aircraft the ford class america's latest class of aircraft
carriers the first of which is set to join the u.s navy in 2016 is the weapon system china fears most
the mix of aircraft on board a carrier makes it capable of a wide variety of missions
including air superiority land attack anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare
modern aircraft carriers represent a threat not only to chinese naval and air forces away from
china but could strike china itself aircraft carriers such as the uss ford are also visible
reminders of chinese technological inferiority from the nuclear reactors to electromagnetic
catapult systems designed to hurl aircraft into the air to the integrated anti-air warfare system
american carriers represent a showcase of technologies that china hasn't mastered
last summer while china was proudly certifying its first pilots and debt crew to operate from
the carrier liaoning the historic event was undercut by news of an american x-47b
unmanned drone landing for the first time on the carrier uss george bush
american aircraft carriers are symbols to china of american intrusion into its sphere of influence
in 1996 in response to chinese missile launches near taiwan the uss nimitz and uss independence
carrier battle groups were sent into the taiwan strait there was nothing the chinese military
could have done to prevent the carriers from entering the strait this humiliation deeply
affected chinese thinking and was almost certainly the impedance for the development of weapons such
as the df-21d anti-ship ballistic missile or asbm thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe