Naval and air forces from China's People's Liberation Army and Russia's Pacific Fleet have just completed four days of exercises in the Sea of Japan. New exercises will now occur out in the Pacific Ocean.
These exercises are designed to do more than send a message to the U.S. and its allies over Taiwan. They are designed to enable better combat cooperation between China and Russia in war. Underlining that point, many of the forces deployed were anti-submarine warfare specialists in nature. Their number included three Russian anti-submarine warships and the PLA's Z-20 anti-submarine helicopter. Though they have not said so, Russia and the PLA may have also deployed submarines for the exercise.
Yet, in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, the PLA would have to prioritize the detection and defeat of U.S. attack submarines operating around the island. The Russian navy can offer the PLA very valuable institutional knowledge about U.S. submarine forces. The Russian navy has a long Cold War experience, now re-emphasized in the Atlantic Ocean, of submarine cat-and-mouse games with the U.S., British, and French navies. The Russians know far better than the Chinese how, where, and to what capacity U.S. submarine forces operate and on what missions they are/would be employed.
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