The Chinese fleet is no match for the U.S. Navy now
中国海军目前无法与美国海军匹敌

January 21, 2010: The U.S. Navy accidentally posted their classified estimate on the size and composition of the Chinese Navy. This data was quickly taken down, but not before it was copied and posted worldwide.

The strength of the Chinese fleet was listed as;

Submarines- 62 (53 diesel Attack Submarines, six nuclear Attack Submarines, three nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines). The U.S. has 72 submarines, all nuclear (53 attack and 18 ballistic missile.)

Destroyers-26. The U.S. has 52.

Frigates-48. The U.S. has 32, including two of the new LCS vessels.

Amphibious Ships 58. The U.S. has 30, all much larger and equipped with flight decks and helicopters, plus landing craft.

Coastal Patrol (Missile)- at least 80. The U.S. had a few of these, but got rid of them. China uses these for coastal patrol and defense, a concept they inherited from the Russians.

In addition, the U.S. has eleven aircraft carriers (ten of them nuclear powered) and 22 cruisers.

Most of the Chinese ships are older (in design, if not in the age of the vessels) than their American counterparts. China is building new classes of ships, with more modern equipment and weapons. Their new destroyers have better anti-aircraft weapons, although nothing to match the American Aegis system, much less the 20 U.S. Aegis ships with anti-missile capability. China is trying to develop classes of nuclear submarines that come close to the capabilities of their American counterparts. China is also vastly outmatched in naval aviation, with nothing comparable to the hundreds of American maritime patrol (P-3) aircraft. But China is building aircraft carriers, and upgrading its naval aviation. They are also innovating in some areas, like the development of a ballistic missile that can hit a moving ship (preferably an American carrier.)

Only a portion (about a third) of the U.S. fleet is facing China, because of other commitments, while nearly all the Chinese fleet operates along their coast. But the U.S. also has major naval allies in the region (like Japan and South Korea), while China has none. The Chinese fleet is no match for the U.S. Navy now, but the Chinese are building and planning for the future. In another few decades, the Chinese expect the situation to be quite different.

外媒：对中国舰队的衡量

        2010年1月21日：美国海军意外发布他们对中国海军在规模和组成上的保密评估。这一份材料被很快地拿下，但是在之前这份资料在世界范围内被复制和公布。

        中国舰队力量列出如下：

        潜水艇-62艘（53艘柴油攻击潜艇，6艘核攻击潜艇，3艘核弹道导弹潜艇）；美国有72艘潜艇，全部是核潜艇（53艘攻击型和18艘弹道导弹型）。

        驱逐舰-26艘；美国有52艘。

        护卫舰-48艘；美国有32艘，包括二艘新的濒海战斗舰（LCS）。

        两栖舰艇58艘；美国有30艘，全部非常大而且装备有飞行甲板和直升飞机，加上登陆艇。

        海岸巡逻艇（导弹）-至少80艘；美国有少量这些，但是可忽略不计。中国用于海岸巡逻和防卫，大概是一项从俄国采纳来的观念。

        除此之外，美国有11艘航空母舰（10艘核动力)和22艘巡洋舰。

        大部份的中国舰艇与美国同类型相比更陈旧（在设计上，在舰艇的服役寿命内）。中国正在建造新级别的舰艇，采用更现代化的设备和武器。中国的新驱逐舰有更好的防空武器，然而没有相配的美国宙斯盾系统，更不用说至少20艘美国宙斯盾舰艇具有反导弹能力。中国正在试着发展新级别核潜艇接近美国同类型的能力。中国在海军航空力量方面也被美国极大的优于，同时也没有数以百计的海上巡逻机（P-3）。但是中国正在建造航空母舰，而且升级海军航空力量。中国也正在一些领域具有革新，像发展一种弹道导弹能击中一艘航行中的舰艇（更合意地的针对一艘美国航空母舰）。

        当几乎全部中国海军舰艇沿着他们海岸部署的时候，美国海军中仅有部分（大约三分之一）面对中国，其他承担别的职责。但是美国在该地区也有主要海军盟友（像日本和韩国），而中国却没有。中国舰队目前不是美国海军对手，但是中国正在为未来建造和计划。在又一个几十年内，中国期待完全不同的形势。