Thursday, May 13, 2021

A New Type Of Submarine For The Chinese Navy?

Click to enlarge. Taken from a moving vehicle, the new submarine can be seen through the railings. The design appears to have a new sail (A), possibly a redesigned upper rudder (B) and generally cleaner outer hull (C).  

Naval News: Image May Reveal A New Type Of Submarine For The Chinese Navy  

China has a massive submarine building program. Yet new classes of submarine may only be revealed after they have been built. Right now Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) may give us our first glimpse of a completely new type.  

New submarine may be Type-039C variant of the Yuan-class for the PLAN 

A candid photograph of a brand new submarine has surfaced on Chinese social media. We have not been able to corroborate the image with other public sources, so caution is needed. But it appears to show a completely new variant of the Yuan Class family. If so, it is likely to receive the Type-039C moniker among Western defense observers.  

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WNU Editor: Can't tell much from the photograph. But China once agains shows how deep their industrial base is when it comes to building military equipment.

1 comment:

Jac said...

Clouds are darker every day.