【Canada, “Chinese Defense Review,” June number (early publication) article】 title: South Korean naval vessels from the explosion to see non-symmetric sea
Korea Aegis destroyers, American Aegis-equipped destroyers, 3,000-ton submarines designed a new generation of South Korea, the United States Naval pride. If the real Fighting North and South Korea, North Korea, navy and air force but by sea, air guerrillas it.
But it is this complacency, the South Korean navy “Pohang” class 1,200 tons of PCC-722 coastal patrol boats actually in the March 26 evening exploded, so far unexplained.
US-made Aegis destroyers in naval warfare has never been damaged, but several years ago was in the Gulf of Aden by boat loaded with explosives, suicide attacks, killed or wounded 27 people. Practically hors de combat. This is the modern asymmetric warfare at sea terror between.
Opponents may not have advanced surface ships, but on very simple methods, is still able to hit powerful enemy.
In China. Fifties and sixties of last century Battle of the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese mainland fishing boats and even machine guns, grenades hit Taiwan’s largest warships, combat method is very simple. That is disguised as ordinary large vessels fishing close to Taiwan, then opened fire.
1974 Battle of China and South Vietnam, which is greater than surface ship tonnage of the Chinese navy’s patrol ship, the Chinese use the same hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades at close range anti-ship and sank a large South Vietnam.
Naval special warfare tactics, is a typical North Korean has been advocating tactics.
To this end, North Korea, have developed a large number of semi-submersibles, diving boat. They have power, the crew for the two sea speed of about five, some are wooden, so anti-submarine sonar systems for their detection range is limited.
The semi-submersible vessels, diving boats and has been used to carry spy, special operations personnel to infiltrate the South.
KPA Reconnaissance Bureau also has a special maritime reconnaissance troops, the implementation of a similar vessel infiltration.
These vessels, usually except the driver, the only carry a crew, some can carry up to two crew members. Use of the night, a similar dive boats lurking in the South Korean navy patrol boats to go through channel on standby, or directly carrying special forces divers close to the South Korean patrol ship, then dive near the Korean way of surface warships, mines and paste directly to the draft South Korean patrol boats Timing is below the detonation.
Such tactics have appeared in World War II, Allied naval special forces, in the Spanish port, the German spy ship on the implementation of water Reb put under the waterline, eventually detonating sunk surface ships, combat is at night. South Korean navy ships PCC-722 is an explosion in the night.
Of course this is no 100% evidence that North Korea is to insist that it means their own internal problems. Human factors such as the detonation of a 76 mm or 40 mm guns and ammunition? Han Jun-house, very serious abuse of soldiers, Army soldiers had opened fire attack occurred, the last shotgun wound of the case.
However, many South Korean Defense Ministry later issued a statement in the investigation have repeatedly stressed: There is no internal weapons bays hull signs of an explosion, and no fighting took place the cabin, shooting signs. How to draw a conclusion after? Unknown.
This is not to cause an explosion on the Korean ships to be conclusive, but from reasoning on the idea, suppose a real fight, the North Korean navy is possible in front of the powerful South Korean Navy, using near-suicide attack tactics.
Asymmetrical warfare, and even sneaked into South Korea’s military port to underwater attack. “SELF-Warrior”, “General Bomb soldiers” in reference to the Korean People’s Army, no one I do not know.
The incident, the military observers also have to face asymmetrical warfare in modern naval warfare tactics. Especially the special forces may be internal enemy naval underwater infiltration, surface ships sunk, or directly implemented in the enemy’s harbor underwater mines. Operation is complete, you can completely hide, so as not to intensify the military conflict. Can slip Yijianshuangdiao.
South Korea itself is also Malaysia’s LIMA 2009 exhibition on the Navy launched the two small dive boat for special operations. A kind referred to VOGO SDV800, maximum diving depth of 60 meters, speed 10 knots.
Another dive boat called VOGO SDV340, length of only 8 meters, the maximum speed of 6 knots, operational depth of 40 meters. Research shows that Han Jun is also a similar method of asymmetric guerrilla war underwater.
