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

[hkvaryag]

I don't think that should be noted or punctuated, because over the years of observation there has been no indication that any of the 09IIIA subvariants has any VLS, and the fact that it has a minor hump in that location (as well as potentially a minor recess below the external hull) could be attributed to other things like a TAS location.


In short, there is no need for us to muddy the waters by resurrecting the discourse of "is it possible that 09IIIA may also have VLS".

(if that's not what you're implying, then no worries, but I think we should be also actively trying to avoid the idea of "is it possible 09IIIA may also have had VLS")

May be it is the reserved platform for VLS and the modification project started from last year. Who knows?

 

[Blitzo]

May be it is the reserved platform for VLS and the modification project started from last year. Who knows?

Like I said, it's better to just not even entertain it as a possibility.

This is better treated as a case of "LALALALA don't think about it" rather than "gee how interesting".

 

[TheWanderWit]

It's hard to gauge from the grainy photos, but I wonder if these cells be capable of carrying YJ-21's, or strictly just YJ-18's at the most. I assume the cells are based on UVLS.