With the reports from Western media such as the U.S. Navy, the appearance of China's 095 missile nuclear submarine has sparked global discussions, which means that the 055 submarine of the Chinese Navy has appeared! The 093-095 are tactical nuclear submarines for the Chinese Navy, featuring nuclear power + conventional attack + hypersonic missiles, mainly focusing on submarine warfare, blockading, escort, and tactical missile strikes.
According to publicly available information from the U.S. Navy, the size of China's 095 missile nuclear submarine is close to the U.S. Navy's Seawolf-class, and its functionality is more advanced than the U.S. Virginia Block-IV. It is expected that the 095 nuclear submarine will have at least six large vertical launch tubes, carrying 18 YJ-20s and 18 YJ-17s, and the torpedo tubes can also launch YJ-19. The hypersonic missile strike capability exceeds that of the U.S. Navy's Virginia and Seawolf-class nuclear submarines. If equipped with the YL-11 anti-submarine missile, its anti-submarine capability would be comparable to that of the Seawolf-class nuclear submarine.
The highlight of the 095 missile nuclear submarine is its ability to launch hypersonic missiles, including YJ-17, YJ-19, YJ-20, and YJ-21. Theoretically, the hypersonic missile strike does not require the nuclear submarine itself to guide, but instead monitors the target signal through sonar, then calculates the trajectory, and loads the calculated trajectory before launching. In the first half of the flight, inertial navigation plus satellite guidance, and finally relying on active and passive radar. If the 095 missile nuclear submarine launches a long-range hypersonic missile, it will not need to surface, and will use various plans and ultra-long wave communication delays, communication buoys to notify, and receive information to ensure terminal guidance. The 094-096 are strategic nuclear submarines, featuring nuclear power + intercontinental missile warheads, generally not participating in strikes or submarine warfare, but rather hiding in a place where it is not known, and launching warheads at critical moments. Unlike the 055 million-ton ship, the 095 missile nuclear submarine did not start with mass production, but had already verified many technologies on the 052CD. Compared to the 093B missile nuclear submarine, the 095 is completely transformed, and a series of new technologies need to be verified. Now, it seems that the Chinese 095 missile nuclear submarine may adopt electric propulsion, bow rudder, X-shaped stern rudder, integrated reactor, three-dimensional flow hull, integrated large multi-tube vertical launch system, and electromagnetic launch, among other technologies. The 093B missile nuclear submarine is responsible for the second island chain, while the 095 missile nuclear submarine is expected to go as far as Hawaii and east of Hawaii, carrying hypersonic missiles that can actually threaten the U.S. West Coast.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856948146318346/
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