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

[by78]

A screen capture from the recent naval review: 093 and 094 side by side.

 

[jobjed]

Never realised how long the 09IV sail actually was...

 

[Air Force Brat]

Never realised how long the 09IV sail actually was...

yep, and those missile bays follow along closely behind!

 

[Iron Man]

I don't know what that little hump behind the 093B is for, but I have no idea how that thing is long enough to hold VL cells for cruise missiles. Unless it's a test platform for like a single pair of VL cells.

 

[Figaro]

I don't know what that little hump behind the 093B is for, but I have no idea how that thing is long enough to hold VL cells for cruise missiles. Unless it's a test platform for like a single pair of VL cells.

Maybe new reactor?

 

[kent]

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[Tam]

Clearest best shots of the Type 093B ever. Until even better shots come around. The hump looks too subtle to be a VLS. I suspect it has something to do with a heightened nuclear reactor.

 

[subotai1]

Clearest best shots of the Type 093B ever. Until even better shots come around. The hump looks too subtle to be a VLS. I suspect it has something to do with a heightened nuclear reactor.

In photos that emerged a couple years ago, that hump was much more pronounced. It looks like those photos may have been from an early test model. Back then, the hump was attributed to a VLS.

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[plawolf]

Maybe new reactor?
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Too far forward for reactor. Most have speculated it is for VLS missiles.

 

[Hendrik_2000]

great photos
The 12 diesel and nuclear submarines, which were part of the fleet of 48 warships of the Chinese Navy, in the parade today.