New sailless SSN (09X?) thread

[ACuriousPLAFan]

So it's confirmed not sailless?

Yes, this sub is not sailless.

That image is of the JN shipyard sub?

Yes, that location is very much at the large fitting out basin at Jiangnan.

 

[MwRYum]

So it's confirmed not sailless?

In short, the light and angle of the satellite shot played tricks and the inferior resolution nailed it.

Should never made wild guess when it's "can't-see-sh*t resolution".

 

[burritocannon]

its ok to make guesses but its a lesson to not build extensive theories on top of guesses and especially to not get emotionally invested in wishful theories. at a certain point the conversation should just stop at "we don't know".

 

[Squadson]

Ngl, now this sub looks way better than the “sailless” concepts.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

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[Totoro]

Roughly to scale, 09IIIA and this new sub. The sail does appear quite a bit smaller, volume wise. Like 50% smaller when its area is viewed from the side?