09III/09IV (093/094) Nuclear Submarine Thread
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There are rumors of an 096 and have been for many years, of course it'll be a few more years at the least before we see any pictures of one. But I agree with you, any mention of an 097 or 098 at this point is pretty much baseless speculation.
Hendrik_2000
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Submarine is one of the most secret branch of PLA. And rigthly so since it is offensive platform and strategic asset of PLA. We never had any official release of submarine launch.
Having said so in keeping with the tradition of PLAN of building one , launching one an designing one
. I don't think it outlandish to figure out that type 98 is in design stages right now. You should realized that submarine is constructed under the shed so unless we have satellite that can peer thru the building. We cannot assume that they are not building type 95,96 right now . It has been rumored for a long time.
So it is definitely a possibility
Yes, it's a "possibility" like the possibility that I could win the lottery tomorrow. "Rumours" of a 098 is in fact ridiculous when there aren't even any solid facts about its predecessor the 096, which is still in rumor-phase itself. I think it's reasonable to assume that the 095 is in advanced development or possibility even under construction, and that the 096 is preliminary design stages or even in advanced development. BUT, there is no 097, and there is just a ridiculous fanboi 098 CG here that is flatly wrong on just a superficial examination. I mean why would you need a shrouded propulsor when you are already using what looks like a magnetohydrodynamic drive?
