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

[Cloud_Nine_]

Of course.

Just so people can visualize what I mean, this is roughly an approximate of what I mean in terms of fitting the same number of cells in the about the same length, but in tripack tubes.
The greater beam/width of 09V means two columns of the tripack tubes can be co-located adjacent to one another in the style of Yasen or most SSBNs.

(Exact proportions of the submarines are of course simplified, but it is the VLS bank size relative to one another which is more important)

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What would be the advantage of using a cylindrical VLS setup as opposed to rectangular? I'm curious in a general sense, not specific to 09V.

 

[no_name]

What would be the advantage of using a cylindrical VLS setup as opposed to rectangular? I'm curious in a general sense, not specific to 09V.

Maybe damage control/isolation, and also you may be able to fit one large diameter munition instead of 3 smaller ones?

 

[Blitzo]

What would be the advantage of using a cylindrical VLS setup as opposed to rectangular? I'm curious in a general sense, not specific to 09V.

My understanding is structural ease of construction (both for the cells themselves but also inserting them structurally into the submarine), and also some benefits in compactness as multipacks means some systems and shrouding do not need to be duplicates for each individual cell.