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

[ACuriousPLAFan]

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Or first two confirmed hulls?

 

[Totoro]

Well, two hulls had fairly decent satellite coverage. While some had mentioned a third (and some even a fourth hull) those claims never came with equally good photographic coverage.

 

[sunnymaxi]

Well, two hulls had fairly decent satellite coverage. While some had mentioned a third (and some even a fourth hull) those claims never came with equally good photographic coverage.

reports says, in last two years.

we have had satellite images of Three hulls and 4th one is questionable.

09IIIB hull 4 by my reckoning:

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[Kich]

@Maikeru and @horobeyo on Twitter also did some revisit, and it seems that the 093B launched this time is indeed the 4th boat (with the suspected 3rd boat launched early this July).

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1718651849241416083

For reference (photos taken in order - June 25th, June 30th and July 5th respectively):
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If this information is accurate, then 4 boats launched in 18 months = 4.5 months per boat.

4 boats in 18 months? Holy ****!!
US is struggling and only launching 1 in 12.

 

[Maikeru]

Dock flooded. Maybe nothing, but we're about due another one:

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[BoraTas]

Dock flooded. Maybe nothing, but we're about due another one:

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Yeah and the dock was empty on the next photo. I wonder if they launched anything new.

 

[Maikeru]

Yeah and the dock was empty on the next photo. I wonder if they launched anything new.

Doubt it. The barge would have been elsewhere, either in the bottom of the drydock or somewhere else in the harbour.

 

[BoraTas]

There are parts in front of the factory. It is not big news but it deserves a mention on this thread.

 

[Maikeru]

It's been a while since we saw a new launch, last was October. If the prediction of 8 x 093B, 2 x 094B and 1x095 by end 2025 is correct then they'd better get a move on!

 

[lcloo]

The last sentence on China's first SSGN is interesting.

Excerpt from the testimony of Admiral John C. Aquilino, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, before the US Congress on March 18, 2024.