The CCP’s Threat to America’s Undersea Surveillance Network
The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 (R), is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel in the sea of Kattegat, near Jutland, Denmark, on Nov. 20, 2024. Denmark's navy said on Nov. 20, 2024, it was shadowing a Chinese cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea, a day after Finland and Sweden opened investigations into suspected sabotage of two severed undersea telecoms cables. Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is developing means to circumvent or disable the U.S. Navy’s vast undersea surveillance network, which consists of more than 50 Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) stations and Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) arrays capable of detecting submarines from distances exceeding 1,000 nautical miles.
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
