An item referred to a statement of the American vice admiral J.S. Thach, (1) commander in chief of the US Navy submarine fleet that thanks to the Soviet Union the Chinese navy was now fourth in rank of worlds’ largest submarine fleets. First was the Soviet Union, then the USA and the United Kingdom. Thach also claimed that the Soviet Union had at least 100 submarines active in the Pacific of which some were nuclear.(2)
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1. John Smith Thach (19 April 1905 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA)-15 April 1981 Coronado, California, USA), nicknamed Jimmy. Sinc 1960 Deputu Chief og naval Operations for Air in the Pentagon and between 1958-1959 commanding Task Group Alpha an anti submarine development unit.
2. Cold War (1945) 1947-1991, a struggle for military and economical dominion worldwide between the Western Bloc (USA and the NATO) and the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union+Warshaw Pact).
