Should be said 094/A SSBN undergoing maintenance at Huludao, photographed by satellite on June 28. From the same Twitter thread by @tshugart3 on Twitter.
09III/09IV (093/094) Nuclear Submarine Thread
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Should be said 094/A SSBN undergoing maintenance at Huludao, photographed by satellite on June 28. From the same Twitter thread by @tshugart3 on Twitter.
095 SSN. The PLAN does have urgent need for newer SSNs more than SSBNs at present (and because China's nuclear arsenal is still mainly land-based).
It is common for individual sections/modules of submarines to be assembled in other hall(s) before getting moved into the main assembly hall (the ones with rails extending from inside the hall) for overall/final assembly of the entire boat.
The stern section of either another 093B or the 1st 095 that we saw in that satellite photograph could be in the process of being moved. Nothing wrong with that.
Doing A-to-Z assemblies for such massive boat inside one hall would be too cramped.
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Ok, it’s quite amazing to see a clear version
The first one is definitely from the June 29, but the second one, the stern part, I could not find it on the original blurry photo. Is this the same time period?Hopefully it's a 095 then. I also see little point to 096s until the FIC can be broken and secure patrols in the eastern Pacific can be achieved. I don't see much meaningful benefit to bastion ops with the largely invulnerable land based ICBM force China already has.
A 09IV went through the Taiwan Strait to the north last month.
Could someone perhaps provide the approximate number of subs that this facility can build at once?