Great Underwater Wall
The Great Underwater Wallis aPeople's Republic of Chinamilitary program to monitor submarine, surface, and aerial vehicle activity in the seas adjacent to China.[1]The submarine monitoring system in theSouth China Sea,is called the "Great Underwater Wall" (Chinese:Dưới nước trường thành) and the "Underwater Monitoring System" (Chinese:Dưới nước nghe lén hệ thống) in Chinese media.[2]
Developer
[edit]The program is being developed byChina State Shipbuilding Corporation(CSSC).[3]
System composition
[edit]The program plans to create a monitoring system of surface and underwater conditions. The system will include:
- Passive sonarsystems located on the seafloor
- Active sonarsystems
- Remote controlled underwater drones(UUV)[4]
- Remotely controlled surface vessels(USV).
Construction and deployment plans
[edit]Currently, work is underway to create individual elements of the system. Infrastructure is under construction. According to one of the plans, the first elements of the system will be deployed in the South China Sea.
The basis of the system will be hydroacoustic sensors located on the seabed at depths of up to 3000 meters. The coastal elements will be located at military bases on artificial islands that are being built in theSpratly Archipelago,between the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.[5]
The cost of the program is 2 billion yuan (313 million US dollars)[6]
China has been operating two underwater sensors since 2016, located in theChallenger Deepand off the island ofYap,Micronesia.[7][8]The sensors reportedly have the acoustic range to detect movement atNaval Base Guam,and reportedly may allow China to monitor the movements of the US Navy, including its submarines.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"China's Underwater Great Wall".The Washington Times.August 30, 2016.
- ^Sutton, H.I. (May 27, 2018)."Good Wind ears: China's Underwater Great Wall".
The network is termed 'Underwater Great Wall' ( dưới nước trường thành ) and 'Underwater Monitoring System' ( dưới nước nghe lén hệ thống ) in Chinese media, as well as 'Good wind ears' ( thuận phong nhĩ - Omniscient, all-knowing) and has a program cost of 2bn Yuan (313m US Dollars).
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- ^"The Great Underwater Wall Of Robots: Chinese Exhibit Shows Off Sea Drones".Popular Science.Retrieved2019-03-21.
- ^"Китай планирует возведение подводной" Великой Китайской стены "из роботов » DailyTechInfo - Новости науки и технологий, новинки техники".dailytechinfo.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-03-21.Retrieved2019-03-21.
- ^"H I Sutton - Covert Shores".hisutton.Retrieved2019-03-21.
- ^abChen, Stephen (January 22, 2018)."Surveillance under the sea: how China is listening in near Guam".South China Morning Post.RetrievedJanuary 23,2018.
- ^Trevithick, Joseph (January 23, 2018)."China Reveals It Has Two Underwater Listening Devices Within Range of Guam".The Drive.RetrievedJanuary 23,2018.