China is expanding its naval submarine force to global capacity with new vessels able to carry nuclear missiles, according to a U.S. Naval Intelligence report.  "Boomer", as what the Chinese call it, is a testament to greater military power that can prevent outside attacks or cripple nations even at miles distance if need be.

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According to the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the boomer is a product of Beijing's decades-long study and preparation.  It could also be that the Chinese went after America's blueprint of naval technology, realizing how a massive submarine capacity casts influence in the international community, ONI Vice Admiral Robert Thomas said.

In December 2013, China set out on its first known underwater voyage in the Indian Ocean passing through the Strait of Malacca between Malaysia and Indonesia.  The Chinese sub, also called the hunter-killer, resurfaced in Sri Lanka, then in the Persian Gulf before it finally rested in February this year.

For Thomas, the message is clear.  China wants the world to know that it is no longer just cruising in coastal waters but also possesses the capability to lurk on foreign seas.

China navy chief Admiral Wu Shengli said their advancement in missile sub-fleet is something that the Communist Party is proud of and what makes their adversaries weary. With ongoing territorial disputes in Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines, the White House thinks that China can use its subs to prevent the U.S. from intervening. 

In the past years, the public has been aware of China's program for improving its military arsenal, including its invention of an aircraft carrier and stealth fighter.  But the boomer is way better than any submarine vessels to date, reported the Wall Street Journal.

In fact, aside from China, only the United States and Russia have the same technology. Theoretically, the boomer can launch missile strikes from air, land or sea as far as the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, Alaska, U.S. mainland, and East Asian countries.

But analysts said that the subs are unlikely to be used for violence or land domination since the United States-China markets are directly intertwined that a second Cold War would hurt the global economy.

TagsChinese submarine technology, U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence