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09III/09IV (093/094) Nuclear Submarine Thread
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Thanks Rambo...and welcome to SD!
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All 3 of them are about 105 to 106 m and about 10.5 to 11 m wide. The 2 in the water are boat 093B. They have the same dimensions. Yulin has submarine base have the 2 earlier 093s.
I don't know what images you measured or what you are using when you posted those photos on top of each other, but i got same measurement using google map for the 2 093s parked next to each other. We know there was only 2 093 built and they are both at Yulin naval base. As for sonar pipe as you call it, I'm assuming you are referring to flank array sonar. Every 093s have it. But only the new 093s are wider and have what appears to be a hump. Depending on surrounding conditions and time of day, you can get shadow affect on one side. And when we have images from this far out, certain bright or darker spots are lest trustworthy than the doing overall measurement of length and beam of the boat. Also, there are photos posted of the two 093Bs a couple of pages back that are not photos from directly overhead and they look the same variant.
As for the one in the dock, the construction is not complete to the point where we can accurately predict what is what on the boat. But it's length and beam is about the same as the 093s. As for your argument about distance to sail, later 094s had sail moved forward, but they are still 094s.
btw, I checked bing map yesterday, it still shows 2 094s at Huludao.
As for the one in the dock, the construction is not complete to the point where we can accurately predict what is what on the boat. But it's length and beam is about the same as the 093s. As for your argument about distance to sail, later 094s had sail moved forward, but they are still 094s.
btw, I checked bing map yesterday, it still shows 2 094s at Huludao.
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Given the current state of Chinese Submarine technology, what are the chances that a Type 94 submarine could enter the Western Pacific without being tracked? What measures do US and allies have in place to detect Chinese submarines? And if so, what countermeasures could China deploy to break defeat such attempts at detection?
I'd say they are about 5%, the Type 94s as well as the Liaoning are no doubt of interest to the "interested parties", I imagine that we will see some attempts to "break out" of the island chain in the near future,,,, some attempts will likely be successful, but we shall see???
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There is no need for 094 SSBN to sail to Western Pacific to be an effective deterrent, its designed to operate within Chinese EEZ.