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

[FairAndUnbiased]

If there are enemy submarines operating in the Yellow Sea, something has already gone very wrong.

There's a narrow-ish chokepoint between Dalian and Shandong, which presumably has seabed sensors.

The Yellow Sea is enclosed by Chinese territory, so it should be a bastion where Chinese aircraft and ships can use active sonars as much as they want.

The Yellow Sea is pretty shallow and small so there's nowhere for a sub to hide, once it has revealed itself.

In any case, the Yellow Sea is that small that only 1 deployed Chinese SSK makes sense.

If you look at other shallow areas or choke points, they are further away and more exposed to enemy submarines entering.

So SSKNs would make more sense.

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And what would an enemy submarine be trying to do in the Yellow Sea?

If it's going after a Chinese SSBN, then that SSBN can release a radio buoy and request air support to flood that target zone, if there is even a hint of an enemy sub.

Try looking at a map.

 

[tphuang]

Now Washington times is saying that sub is the mini-nuke

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as for the not so small issue of reactor fueling, they said

The official said it was unclear if the shipyard near

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that built the submarine is certified to handle nuclear materials.

They also got 7000 t SSN mixed up with mini-nuke.

 

[Kejora]

Now Washington times is saying that sub is the mini-nuke

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as for the not so small issue of reactor fueling, they said



They also got 7000 t SSN mixed up with mini-nuke.

Despite the bombastic headlines by many US publications this article point out the obvious:

Mr. Shugart told The Washington Times that the sinking of the submarine is a short-term setback, but that “I don’t see it significantly altering the overall trajectory of improvements in PLA Navy capability.”

“We lost a submarine at the pier in 1969, and that didn’t keep us from winning the Cold War competition at sea,” he said.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Despite the bombastic headlines by many US publications this article point out the obvious:

Sounds like:

"Hahaha the Chicoms suck! They lost their nuke sub at pierside! How incompetent and useless of them! Up your-"

"But wait. Didn't we too lost our own nuke sub at pierside back then, and still won the Cold War against the Soviets?"

"Oh no! What if this also happens on the Chicoms' side this time?! My gosh!"

Regardless of whether that "sInKiNg iNcIdEnT" in Wuhan is real or fabricated - The reactions from all of the China-hating crowd is just laughable, to say the least.

 

[Maikeru]

Despite the bombastic headlines by many US publications this article point out the obvious:

Copium Zone also in on the act:

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It seems so obvious to me that this whole sinking story is BS, I don't understand how so many outlets are publishing it without even the most basic amount of skepticism or fact checking.

 

[vincent]

Copium Zone also in on the act:

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It seems so obvious to me that this whole sinking story is BS, I don't understand how so many outlets are publishing it without even the most basis amount of skepticism or fact checking.

Because all MSM outlets are government mouthpieces.

 

[Blitzo]

Now Washington times is saying that sub is the mini-nuke

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as for the not so small issue of reactor fueling, they said



They also got 7000 t SSN mixed up with mini-nuke.

I don't consider Washington Times as particularly competent either tbh.

I wouldn't be surprised if a good portion of the reporting has been drawn from the discussions we've been having over the months/years and trying to transpose bits and pieces onto this "story" to make sense of it.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Copium Zone also in on the act:

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It seems so obvious to me that this whole sinking story is BS, I don't understand how so many outlets are publishing it without even the most basic amount of skepticism or fact checking.

Because to question it is heresy.

You must understand the Catholic Inquisition and witch trials to understand their mentality.

 

[snake65]

Now Washington times is saying that sub is the mini-nuke

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as for the not so small issue of reactor fueling, they said



They also got 7000 t SSN mixed up with mini-nuke.

They have no clue what they are talking about. Soviet Union in 1985 used a 5 MW(thermal) BWR reactor coupled with 600 kW turbo generator providing 7000 miles at 6 knots, but the technology was dating back to 70s.

 

[antiterror13]

Because all MSM outlets are government mouthpieces.

Everybody wanted to get the slice of $1.6B fund