09V/09VI (095/096) Nuclear Submarine Thread

sunnymaxi

sunnymaxi

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Tomboy said:
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Very large assembly platforms are being ordered by Bohai yard, mostly seem to be ~14m in diameter.
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this is second time 14+m assembly platform tender info appeared.. interesting

first time in March this year. see this down below
Kalec said:
Bohai Shipyard is looking for an assembly platform for a circular/rim part up to 14 meters

It wasn't particularly surprising given JL-3 should be slightly larger in term of diameter. If 14 meters is for beam, then 096 should be slightly larger than 955 and Ohio as well.

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ACuriousPLAFan

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sunnymaxi said:
sorry.. didn't check the date.

@ACuriousPLAFan @Tomboy so can we guess, first 096 boat construction started or start soon.
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Hopefully so.


On the other hand, provided the listed dimensions of the tender document do match with the eventual real thing - With a 14-meter diameter hull, I would absolutely LOVE to have a SSGN variant that is based on the hull of the 096 SSBN.

With 16x missile tubes for the JL-4 SL-ICBMs (of hopefully 2.4-meter diameter), this could enable the dual-packing of <1.2-meter diameter strike missiles (i.e. 32x total) for anti-ship/land-attack missions at medium and/or intermediate ranges, in addition to taking advantage of the larger submarine hull diameter for longer missiles.

Needless to say, having such capability is certainly going to offer serious punches for the PLAN across the wider IndoPac... Alongside sustaining a longer production run for the 096 (family).
 
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