09III/09IV (093/094) Nuclear Submarine Thread
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antiterror13
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what Type 093 variant?
AeroEngineer
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The hump I suspect might be a natural circulation reactor they might be testing.
Natural circulation reactors, which uses less pumps and the difference of hot-cold in the water temperature to move the water around, would have been tall for gravity to aid downward water flow.
Example of one.
My hypothesis is that the reactor they are testing is so tall that it exceeds the draft of the submarine and a hump is needed to clear the top of it. Given the presence of a hump, and the potential water flow turbulence it would bring, the reactor and the hump would have to behind the sail and then streamlined to minimize the flow effects.
Not a problem for the 094 which can hide the height with its hump.
Next generation PLAN SSN would have to call for a taller draft on the sub in order to sufficiently contain the natural circulation reactor.
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
From Henri K blog
Further proof that the new Chinese Type 09IIIB nuclear attack submarine, equipped with VLS tubes for ground attack missions, is still not in service today. The choice of equipment manufacturers and materials suppliers will only be known at the beginning of August.
Further proof that the new Chinese Type 09IIIB nuclear attack submarine, equipped with VLS tubes for ground attack missions, is still not in service today. The choice of equipment manufacturers and materials suppliers will only be known at the beginning of August.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
From Henri K blog
Further proof that the new Chinese Type 09IIIB nuclear attack submarine, equipped with VLS tubes for ground attack missions, is still not in service today. The choice of equipment manufacturers and materials suppliers will only be known at the beginning of August.
Interesting, since Henri K.'s previous post suggested that the 09IIIB's nuclear reactor was undergoing installation. This latest news suggests that construction has barely even started.
So why build the 09IIIB on an almost-concurrent timeline as the 09V?