Type 095 submarine | |
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Class overview | |
Name: | Type 095 |
Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Preceded by: | Type 093 |
Succeeded by: | Type 097 Qin class[citation needed] |
In service: | launch in 2010, active service in 2015 (est.)[1][2] |
Planned: | at least 12 |
Completed: | 1-2 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Attack submarine |
Installed power: | Nuclear reactor |
Speed: | >30 knots |
Range: | Unlimited |
Armament: | Torpedoes, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine missiles, mines |
The Type 095 (Chinese designation: 09-V) is a proposed class of third generation nuclear-powered attack submarines for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the People's Republic of China. Two were rumored to be launched by the end of 2010 and they started their sea trials around the summer of 2011.
It is anticipated that Type 095 submarines will have a substantially reduced acoustic signature, within an improved hull type.[3][4][5] Compared to the Type 093, the Type 095 will have a more advanced nuclear reactor, VLS tubes and greater number of advanced sensors such as new active/passive flank array sonar and low and high frequency towed sonar array. Additionally, it is also speculated that Type 095 submarines may act as a potential undersea escort for any future PLAN aircraft carrier task forces.[3]
Notes[]
- β "People's Liberation Army Navy: A Modern Navy with Chinese Characteristics" (PFD). Washington, DC: ONI. October 2009. pp. 22β23. http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/oni/pla-navy.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- β O'Rourke, Ronald (October 1, 2010). "China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy CapabilitiesβBackground and Issues for Congress" (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. pp. 16n40, 17 19f. http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33153_20101001.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- β 3.0 3.1 Chen, Ta-chen (December 6, 2006). "Chinese fast developing advanced submarines". p. 8. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/12/06/2003339341. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- β Warship 2007, p.167
- β "China's Quest for a Superpower Military". Backgrounder #2036. The Heritage Foundation. May 17, 2007. http://www.heritage.org/research/asiaandthepacific/bg2036.cfm#_ftnref60. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
References[]
- Erickson, Andrew Erickson; Lyle Goldstein (Winter 2007). "China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force: Insights from Chinese Writings". pp. 54β79. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA519346&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- Jordan, John; Antony Preston, John Jordan, Stephen Dent (2007). Warship 2007. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-84486-041-8.
- "People's Liberation Army Navy: A Modern Navy with Chinese Characteristics". ONI. U.S. Navy. August 2009. http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/oni/pla-navy.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- O'Rourke, Ronald (October 1, 2010). "China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy CapabilitiesβBackground and Issues for Congress". RL33153. Congressional Research Service. http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33153_20101001.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
External links[]
- Type 095 - Deagel.com
- "Chinese fast developing advanced submarines" by Ta-chen Cheng - Taipei Times - December 6, 2006
- "China's Quest for a Superpower Military" by John J. Tkacik, Jr. - The Heritage Foundation - May 17, 2007
- Chinese Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke - February 4, 2008 (CRS Report RL33153)
- "The Implications of Chinaβs Naval Modernization for the United States" - Testimony before the U.S. β China Economic and Security Review Commission by Richard Fisher, Jr. - June 11, 2009
- Chinaβs Noisy Nuclear Submarines by Hans M. Kristensen - FAS Strategy Security Blog
- China's Subs Getting Quieter by William Matthews - DefenseNews (30 November 2009)
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