In the past year, the situation in the waters surrounding China has undergone tremendous changes, which has also brought severe challenges to the Navy. At present, the Chinese navy has two aircraft carriers, a number of advanced 055-ton destroyers and 052D destroyers, as well as amphibious assault ships and a large number of coastal defense anti-ship missiles. However, the navy still has a short board---nuclear submarines. However, recently the US media has frequently reported on the changes in China's submarine plant, and what is the advantage?
Recently, Forbes column defense observation expert Sutton published an article that the latest satellite images show that a part of the hull that looks like a large submarine at the Bohai Shipyard in China appears in the plant. In October, Sutton also found based on satellite images that China was expanding its nuclear submarine plant, and the newly expanded plant was capable of building 4-5 nuclear submarines at one time. The Chinese Navy's nuclear submarine production capacity will usher in a historic explosion. If estimated based on such output value, the Chinese Navy will likely build at least 30 nuclear submarines in the next 20 years.
At that time, no submarine appeared in the large new dock here. At that time, a new submarine hull appeared recently, but it is not yet known which one is being built. At that time, according to image analysis, the hull was about 20-30 meters long and 10 meters in diameter. According to Sutton's analysis, China may be building a third new type of submarine at this stage. First of all, the Type 093B nuclear submarine is similar to the Los Angeles class of the United States, but the above electronic equipment must have a late-comer advantage. It can also be equipped with a special missile vertical launch system, which can launch anti-ship missiles and long-range supersonic anti-ship Cruise missiles, such as the Eagle-18 cruise missile similar to the Russian "caliber" cruise missile. And for the first time equipped with a silent water jet propulsion device, this idea is an epoch-making design of Chinese nuclear submarines.
Next is the new generation of Type 095 nuclear submarine, which is definitely quieter and more advanced than Type 093. It is said to have adopted new technologies such as all-electric propulsion and shaftless pumping. This is not unexpected at all, thanks to the results of Ma Weiming’s team; It may be the next-generation nuclear submarine of the Type 096 ballistic missile. Due to strict confidentiality, the general performance of this type of nuclear submarine is temporarily unknown, but it is certain that this will be an epoch-making ship for China's nuclear submarine. As for those who question whether there are 096, you can learn about the submarine projectile testing in the Bohai Sea region in recent years and the “Underwater Launching Large Solid Carrier Rocket Team” in the second prize of the “National Innovation Competition Award” commended in May. I believe that in the next 10 years, my country's submarine development will usher in a huge leap, and the next generation of nuclear submarines will slowly emerge.
