26.04.2020, 18:21
Zitat:Chinese navy commissions nuclear-powered submarinehttps://www.janes.com/article/95738/chin...-submarine
China has recently commissioned a "new strategic nuclear-powered submarine", according to a 22 April report by the state-owned Global Times newspaper.
Written to reflect recent achievements of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in celebration of the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the naval service, the report refers to "new weapons" entering service including the Type 055 destroyer, the first domestically built aircraft carrier, and new anti-submarine patrol aircraft (the KQ-200), as well as the new submarine.
The report does not identify the type of submarine but the description that it is a "strategic" asset suggests that it is referring to a nuclear ballistic missile-carrying submarine (SSBN). Although referred to as a new weapon, it is unlikely that this is the first of the next-generation Type 096 SSBNs. [...]
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