Rumoured "mini-nuke/diesel" Submarine SSK-N(?) thread

[para80]

Very interesting design, to point out the obvious. I dont think this is high speed as suggested by HI. The missile aspect remains to be seen. I am also not convinced this is a UUV. It screams experimental to me, but I could see use for SOF, for one. Wait and see.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Mods should move this out of this thread and into a more appropriate thread.

 

[Wrought]

Mods should move this out of this thread and into a more appropriate thread.

Should be this one: Chinese Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV)

 

[para80]

We dont know if this design is actually uncrewed. Personally I doubt it.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

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The unknown type, a three-body submarine pushed by shaftless pump.View attachment 165600

TWZ has written an article on this trimaran submersible/submarine.

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[ACuriousPLAFan]

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The unknown type, a three-body submarine pushed by shaftless pump.View attachment 165600

Suspected to be a heavily-doctored photo of said trimarain submersible/submarine viewed from above, provided that the original photo is authentic. Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.

 

[Temstar]

Suspected to be a heavily-doctored photo of said trimarain submersible/submarine viewed from above, should the original photo be authentic. Posted by @琴石2022 on Weibo.

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It looks like how an AI would draw a Typhoon class SSBN from just a description, complete with propulsion in separate pressure hulls without realizing they're enclosed in a single outer hull. I love it.

 

[para80]

Propulsion would obviously just be ducted propellers, not pumpjets, if this configuration is accurate. Diameter/size also further suggests then this is not a high speed design. Though all that caveats on this graphic being accurate. Even then I guess we dont see what else there is in the back, especially on the primary hull.

Anyway, a curious configuration and I suspect limited to experimental use.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

It has been purported that the X-tailed SSK (or SSKN) previously spotted at Wuhan has already conducted multiple sea trials by now. This means that if this information is true, and if that SSK (or SSKN) had indeed sunk at the pier back then, then the repair would've already been long completed.

No complete photo of the SSK (or SSKN) is available for now. Posted by @雅库茨克行都指挥使 on Weibo.



Satellite photo of the SSK (or SSKN) from 2023, for reference: