Chinese launch new sub class

TLAM Strike · 09-20-10, 08:47 PM

New PLAN Submarine photos showed up in the Internet...

Looks to be a domestically produced Kilo copy with a few mods.

Gerald · 09-20-10, 08:52 PM

Takeda Shingen · 09-20-10, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Nah. Too small to house a reactor.

Gerald · 09-20-10, 09:14 PM

Maybe. But today development allows much less room for reactors,and it applies in general and submarines are no exception,anyway thanks for the information.

Castout · 09-20-10, 09:33 PM

Im sure people would want to make nuclear powered submarine to be larger than diesel-electric ones.

For one nuclear sub is solely dependent on food supplies that they can stow aboard their sub hence the need of larger space and because they're expected to be deployed longer than diesel equivalent they naturally need to stow more torpedoes and weapons.

So that pic in most probability would not be a nuclear powered submarine. Looking at the small size it's clearly intended as a tactical submarine instead.

Either a Kilo copy or a hybrid Lada-Kilo copy or simply a much improved Kilo design. Chinese electronics are getting much better surely now.

TLAM Strike · 09-20-10, 10:04 PM

I wouldn't discount the possibility she is a nuc since the French Rubis class SSNs are smaller than the Russian Kilo class diesels except this boat looks too much like a Kilo with an extra rudder, a WLR type intercept, and a modified Seawolf like sail.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Maybe. But today development allows much less room for reactors,and it applies in general and submarines are no exception,anyway thanks for the information. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Im sure people would want to make nuclear powered submarine to be larger than diesel-electric ones. For one nuclear sub is solely dependent on food supplies that they can stow aboard their sub hence the need of larger space and because they're expected to be deployed longer than diesel equivalent they naturally need to stow more torpedoes and weapons. So that pic in most probability would not be a nuclear powered submarine. Looking at the small size it's clearly intended as a tactical submarine instead. Either a Kilo copy or a hybrid Lada-Kilo copy or simply a much improved Kilo design. Chinese electronics are getting much better surely now. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

09-20-10, 10:04 PM	#6
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I wouldn't discount the possibility she is a nuc since the French Rubis class SSNs are smaller than the Russian Kilo class diesels except this boat looks too much like a Kilo with an extra rudder, a WLR type intercept, and a modified Seawolf like sail. __________________