09III/09IV (093/094) Nuclear Submarine Thread
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As per the Sino Wikipedia, #416, #418 & #419 are taken by Type 09IIIs.
If the PLAN indeed received two SSBNs last year, --according to the wiki info given above-- they should've taken #417 and #420. This way it makes sense for the seventh one to take #421.
If the PLAN indeed received two SSBNs last year, --according to the wiki info given above-- they should've taken #417 and #420. This way it makes sense for the seventh one to take #421.
6 Type 09IVs in service was more or less confirmed with high confidence a few months ago, if I remember correctly, when satellites and other imagery caught all 6 at different locations simultaneously.
Makes sense for this to be the seventh.
But I would not trust English language literature, including Wikipedia, to keep track of these boats based on pennant numbers. It was only by a stroke of luck last year that we could guess, with persuasive evidence from civilian satellite imagery and enthusiast photographs, that there were 6 boats in service.
Variant 1: Three rows of drainage channels, observation window on the front of the sail.
Variant 2: Three rows of drainage, observation window on top of the sail.
Variant 3: One row of drainage, more streamlined transition from the bow to the bulge amidships.
Variant 4: Two rows of drainage, bulge has become bulkier again, perhaps to accommodate JL-3?
Makes sense for this to be the seventh.
But I would not trust English language literature, including Wikipedia, to keep track of these boats based on pennant numbers. It was only by a stroke of luck last year that we could guess, with persuasive evidence from civilian satellite imagery and enthusiast photographs, that there were 6 boats in service.
Variant 1: Three rows of drainage channels, observation window on the front of the sail.
Variant 2: Three rows of drainage, observation window on top of the sail.
Variant 3: One row of drainage, more streamlined transition from the bow to the bulge amidships.
Variant 4: Two rows of drainage, bulge has become bulkier again, perhaps to accommodate JL-3?
Any pics of these variants and their comparisons?
antiterror13
Brigadier
The "hump" of Type 094A (?) is quite big ... hopefully carry JL-2A
This new Type 094 have some silo hatches without vents.
Could well be JL-3!
Great pics. The hump seems deeper, is this the type 94A?
The sail to hump ratio has reached that of Russian Delta IV, could be well anything
