Re: PLAN submarines Thread II
Even base on this, isn't Yuan suppose to be superior than Kilo anyways? China had over a decade to study it, take it apart, and after they build Yuan they never went back to purchase more Kilo from Russia.
Or have diesel submarines's quieting technology became so advanced in the 1980s, there is just not that much room to improve in this area anymore?
i think tphuang suggests that the birth of the Qing class is not as an incremental improvement class over the Yuan, but as a one off test boat for sub launched ballistic missiles
it might just be comparable to the Yuans, albeit with modifications to fulfill that role
that assertion can be disproved by PLAN adopting Qing class as the next generation diesel submarine class and mass producing them
Even base on this, isn't Yuan suppose to be superior than Kilo anyways? China had over a decade to study it, take it apart, and after they build Yuan they never went back to purchase more Kilo from Russia.
Or have diesel submarines's quieting technology became so advanced in the 1980s, there is just not that much room to improve in this area anymore?