09V/09VI (095/096) Nuclear Submarine Thread
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Even with a 10-11-meter diameter hull, with VLS cells/multipack VLS tubes installed, a tutleback hump design for SSNs is unavoidable. However, the turtleback hump will be much less pronounced and easier to optimize on SSNs than SSBNs (perhaps similar in style to the Triomphant SSBNs of the French Navy).
The following 3D model is made by SOYO on Weibo. Please do note that the 3D model is neither indicative of the actual number of multipack VLS tubes to be installed on the upcoming 095/A SSNs, nor indicative of the actual (cross-sectional) hull design of the 095/A SSNs. It must be noted that the 3D model is only meant for illustrating the aforementioned points in the paragraph above.
The following 3D model is made by SOYO on Weibo. Please do note that the 3D model is neither indicative of the actual number of multipack VLS tubes to be installed on the upcoming 095/A SSNs, nor indicative of the actual (cross-sectional) hull design of the 095/A SSNs. It must be noted that the 3D model is only meant for illustrating the aforementioned points in the paragraph above.
Indeed, a slight hump for the VLS tube sections will be inevitable for a multipack tube that has two in a row like this.
Even the block v Virginia will have a slight hump for its VPM section, though it of course has a smaller pressure hull but countered by only having a single centerline column of VLS tubes.
If anything, using a notional 12m pressure hull (slightly larger than drawn but imo more consistent with rumours?) specification with a two row tube set up like depicted (which I agree seems consistent with some indicators at this stage), would give it a similar geometry to Ohio class in terms of VLS tube to pressure hull positioning and how a slight turtle back hump may look.
A follow-up progress, with the number of multipack VLS tubes reduced to 8 to match the number of VLS cells on the 093B SSN. Made by SOYO on Weibo. Similar cautions apply.
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