Satellite images reveal the Northern shipyard's two nuclear cores in one frame, with 093B showing vertical launch system, and 094A upgraded!
Recently, overseas commercial satellites captured a large shipyard's dock where a newly launched 093B attack nuclear submarine is undergoing outfitting work. The 24-unit vertical launch system behind the conning tower has been partially installed; not far away, a 094A strategic nuclear submarine is covered by a construction shed, apparently entering the mid-upgrade phase, with clear visible equipment lifting operations on the deck area.
This 093B submarine features a streamlined conning tower with fillet treatment, combined with an axial pump jet propulsion system, its noise level approaching that of the U.S. Virginia-class Block II; the 24-unit vertical launch system can be compatible with the YJ-21 hypersonic missile, with a range exceeding 1,000 kilometers and a terminal penetration speed of 10 Mach.
The 094A's upgrade may involve the installation of an improved JL-3 submarine-launched missile, with a range extended to 12,000 kilometers, capable of carrying multiple independently targeted nuclear warheads;
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