China’s new nuclear attack submarine is among the military’s most secretive platforms – and the world has just been given its first glimpse. The Chinese navy has released a rare photo of the Type 093B ‘Shang’ submarine
Posted on 06/25/2016 7:11:58 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
China’s new nuclear attack submarine is among the military’s most secretive platforms – and the world has just been given its first glimpse.
The Chinese navy has released a rare photo of the Type 093B ‘Shang’ submarine, which can launch missiles vertically at ships and other targets overhead.
This model improves upon the capabilities of earlier nuclear attack submarines, and is expected to be quieter and faster.
According to the Popular Science blog Eastern Arsenal, this reveal marks an extremely rare event.
It’s thought that there were three Type 093B SSNs launched last year.
These were preceded by two Type 093 SSNs, which were launched 15 years ago.
Though they were intended to be stealthy, the Type 093s were equipped with noisy reactors and propulsion systems, the blog explains, and this was only worsened as they climbed to higher speeds.
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China’s new nuclear attack submarine is among the military’s most secretive platforms – and the world has just been given its first glimpse. The Chinese navy has released a rare photo of the Type 093B ‘Shang’ submarine
Equipped with nuclear warheads, giving China a triad nuclear capability.
And paid for with money made from the stupidity known as "free trade".
And who says we do not need Trump???
Triad you say?
What intercontinental range bombers does China have in it’s inventory?
How about land based ICBM’s in silos?
We don’t have free trade with China, so I’ll leave it to you to explain why I need to pay more for the F-150 I want in order to keep China from developing sub-launched nuclear missiles.
The US conceives the millions of parts in its subs and has developed these ships and built them and operated them for millions of hours over the past hundred years.
China has virtually no experience by comparison. I pity the poor bastards that have to go to sea in one of these.
Well for cryin’ out loud! It’s a muzzle loader!
Wonder if that missile has the “Bill Krinton” guidance system?
The Bent One Klintoon gave them the plans to all our hard work last century.
Even a knock off Ohio-class sub could be.....troubling.
Depends on what the meaning of “IF” is !
It’s Birr Krinton. Please brush up on your Chinese.
Ping
Good point but having the tens of thousands of pages of plans and specs for one of these things and then building it and then operating it and then using it effectively in war take EXPERIENCE.
Sighted Sub,
Sank Shang
Big deal! A nuclear sub is so yesterday.
A state of the art military today is one that allows cross dressers to serve openly, allows same sex marriage, provides for sex change surgery, pays soldiers overtime when they work more than 40 hours, waters down standards so women can pass the tests, doesn’t allow soldiers to carry weapons on base, provides outreach to the enemy (muslims), castigates Christian chaplains, drop leaflets to the enemy so they won’t get hurt..
Have I missed anything?
The retrograde Chinese don’t stand a chance against a progressive force like ours.
Looks like they need to work on their paint.
Is that grunge and barnacles below the launch tubes?
Love the reference...:)
sub made out of cheap pot metal like most chinese products sold in the US
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