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

[Michaelsinodef]

Wonder if they felt it would be too alarming if they wrote something like 20 instead of 2 lol.

Like, western media want to portray the 'strong but weak' or like the enemy is really strong, but don't worry, we can still defeat the enemy.

And for that, actually writing that it would produce 20 would be too much lol.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Sightings of one 094/A SSBN in the South China Sea, possibly conducting nuclear deterrence patrol. Hopefully such patrols will be made more "normalized", regularized and deeper into the "true blues" of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1747498347915874712

 

[asif iqbal]

I must admit I have lost track of the number of Type 094

am I correct in saying there is 6 x Type 094 SSBN in Total ?

any idea how many under production ?

for SSN we have original 3 x 039 + 6 x Type 093A + how many Type 093B under construction ?

I would expect China to have 16 x SSBN + much higher number of SSN

those new piers show 4 x 4 side by side lengths?

 

[pkj]

Sightings of one 094/A SSBN in the South China Sea, possibly conducting nuclear deterrence patrol. Hopefully such patrols will be made more "normalized", regularized and deeper into the "true blues" of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1747498347915874712

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Using SSBN for "deterrent patrol" on the surface seems to be against normal doctrine.

Why wouldn't PLAN just make an big accouncement that SSBN has been deployed to SCS?

Why let their SSBN be seen at all?

 

[TK3600]

Using SSBN for "deterrent patrol" on the surface seems to be against normal doctrine.

Why wouldn't PLAN just make an big accouncement that SSBN has been deployed to SCS?

Why let their SSBN be seen at all?

Theatrics. Likely for good photo ops at home.

 

[pkj]

Theatrics. Likely for good photo ops at home.

That the PLAN brass would do that with an SSBN, actually worries me more....

 

[TK3600]

That the PLAN brass would do that with an SSBN, actually worries me more....

sorry, I worded the post wrong. It is for theatrics for countries nearby at home.

 

[lcloo]

Using SSBN for "deterrent patrol" on the surface seems to be against normal doctrine.

Why wouldn't PLAN just make an big accouncement that SSBN has been deployed to SCS?

Why let their SSBN be seen at all?

First photo with oil drilling platform clearly shows the sea in two distintive colours. The greenish colour indicate very shallow sea, probably still on the continental seabed area with less than 60 feet deep. (I am familiar with sea surface colors related to depth since I did a lot of scuba diving.) You don't dive a nuclear submarine in this area.

Second photo the sea is at least 100 feet deep, but not the dark blackish blue typical of very deep sea of more than 200 feet. The submarine probably was still on transit to deeper water before its commander decided to dive.

The image below shows white area are which very shallow sea probably only SSK can operate here with less chance of having incidents, the dark blue areas are very deep and good for hiding a nuclear submarine.

 

[abc123]

Theatrics. Likely for good photo ops at home.

Probably just returning into base in Sanya?

 

[escobar]

From USNORTHCOM/NORAD Commander

In the last two years, the PRC has launched the first two hulls of its new Shang III class of nuclear-powered guided-missile submarines (SSGN)

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