09III/09IV (093/094) Nuclear Submarine Thread

[Tomboy]

I have a gut-feeling that china military power report of 2025 will put o94s at 7 or 8 because 8 have been launched, but it's unclear if the newer ones have been commissioned. Let's wait and see.

No new 094s has been launched in years

 

[Hub]

satellite image of Oct 22, seems another SSN launched! It is the first clear image in nearly a month!

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

satellite image of Oct 22, seems another SSN launched! It is the first clear image in nearly a month!
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No, it's not yet another a new boat. That boat has been there since early-September. Read post #4259 just in the previous page.

 

[Hub]

No, it's not yet another a new boat. That boat has been there since early-September. Read post #4259 just in the previous page.

The last launching in September was seen at least on September 7. Judging from previous situations, no launching has lasted so long.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Finally some clear skies over Huludao but the last launch doesn't seem to have moved at all since 17th September:

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Only difference is that the launch barge has changed from blue to mud colour.

How do we know we're looking at the same launch? The colour of the barge should suggest it's a different launch, no?

If it's the same launch, then it has been there from Sept 7 til now. That is rather unusual.

 

[Maikeru]

How do we know we're looking at the same launch? The colour of the barge should suggest it's a different launch, no?

If it's the same launch, then it has been there from Sept 7 til now. That is rather unusual.

The barge is in exactly the same position it was on 7th September. I suspect the change in colour is mud/silt from flooding and emptying the dock.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Another 093B SSN seen sailing, with the stern of a 056A FFL sailing past it to the left. Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.



Getting photobombed.

 

[TopolMSS27]

The barge is in exactly the same position it was on 7th September. I suspect the change in colour is mud/silt from flooding and emptying the dock.

I'm checking hi res imagery now.

 

[TopolMSS27]

They are different boats..... but, standby for further.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

They are different boats..... but, standby for further.

The question now becomes different boats of the same model, or different boats of different models?