Recently, the U.S. company Google has suddenly declared that in the Pacific to China's latest 095 nuclear submarine to capture images of navigation, while the Washington Post quoted an unnamed CIA senior official said China's new strategic nuclear submarines, it has been fitted out in 095 Chinese Navy service, but a surprising number, at least three already in service, which is a deadly threat to the United States.

095 nuclear submarines as early as 3 years ago, has started construction, and because nuclear reactors, missile launch escape system, and security, and so are experiencing technical difficulties or made significant improvements to extend the submarine manufacturer, it should be said that the submarine extensive use of our own advanced technology, the submarine assembly production in strict confidentiality, because all the information is top secret submarine.

China's strategic nuclear submarines making friends

At present, the sea trials, which greatly improved the quiet submarine design, underwater noise is estimated less than 100 decibels, a U.S. warship sonar range in the short-range missiles outside the hard to find.

The submarine carrying 16 (8-10 pieces of each chop, sub-missile head) next-generation submarine-launched long-range intercontinental missile type 2 waves, but the future production of 095 nuclear submarines could be equipped with improved range of 14,000 km improved DF41 ICBM The submarine submerged underwater up to 2 ½ months time.

The submarine uses the latest cooled reactor, replacing the original water reactor, thermal power greatly increased. Reactor to directly drive a DC generator over one hundred thousand kilowatts. Reactor and generator combination as a whole, installed in a "shock absorber floating raft" on all channels with the external connections, with flexible shock absorber connection. Greatly reduces the noise power system, only the technology to reduce by nearly 20 dB noise. Reactor - direct current generator system issued by the propulsion motor drive, and the submarine batteries.

Submarine was a huge power low speed high torque DC motor, direct drive propeller of a large corner, is expected to be suddenly increased to the maximum submerged speed to 35 knots. In advancing the shaft serial of the 500 kW over a speed motor of economic, Solo forward, the submerged speed of 11 sections. In the international arena following the U.S. "Sea Wolf", the other the use of nuclear - nuclear submarine electric propulsion.

095 installed more than 100,000 kilograms of batteries, it can even absorb the reactor - all the electricity generator system, so much power no matter propulsion motors to run (this is according to the changing tactical requirements, any submarines would not have been at full speed submerged), the reactor - generator system to run in the best working conditions, and stable operation but also further reduce the noise.

Power system trick is that when more than one hundred thousand kilograms of the battery is full power, you can shut down the reactor, to reduce noise. The battery enough to more than 15 hours submerged submarine at full speed, submerged speed if the economy, but also about half submerged underwater silent. This is not to do nuclear submarines of other countries, but also can not do. In addition, use of "artificial shark skin" technology to reduce noise, reduce the submerged resistance.

Imagine, when China deployed to the three nuclear submarines that the U.S. deterrent is huge heart, because it is equipped with three submarines after the commencement of the 48 warheads into hundreds of pieces of the bomb to destroy the United States several times.

Data Figure: China's strategic nuclear submarine

Further reading:

By the difficult start of the 091/092 series of the early founding of New China, the submarine as a strong concealment, an important deterrent large assault force received priority, with the formation of the Navy submarine force, and soon a variety of conventional imitation of our own submarines.

Nuclear submarines were also in its infancy worldwide, but many superpower nuclear intimidation and shouting, so we feel no pain, the power of its strategic back pain. As one of the trinity of strategic counter-attack nuclear submarine technology strength, our first generation of leaders to put forward the vision to develop nuclear submarines, Chairman Mao also personally instructed: also engage in nuclear submarine out of a thousand years, showing that the country was up and down the attention and determination.

From now appears that this decision is very important. From the time of submarine technology, we have just mastered the conventional submarine technology preliminary design ideas still only 40 years to reach the last century the level of supporting research institutes and factories has not been completed basically supporting the project, on nuclear submarines, and so one can imagine in the beginning extremely difficult! But literally a miracle in the basis of a poverty-stricken and very hard on the hands of researchers into a reality!

At that time, the constraints of capital and high technology, power system uses a pressure-water reactors, and its large volume, low power and poor stability and security, the other fatal flaw is a big difference Da noise to 165 dB and 160 decibels. After China began to develop 093: "Business class" attack submarine and the 094 "cut" ballistic missile nuclear submarines.

Surface displacement of 093 tons at about 5300-5700, in 6500-7500 tons submerged displacement, can be seen from this data is better 093 anti-Shen, far greater than the 25% reserve buoyancy. 093 weapons, including 16 major cruise missiles, Tomahawk specifications similar to the United States, but to larger, yet the official use of the red birds -3, so estimates are being tested, or Red Bird 2 (range 800 - 1300 km, speed unknown, accuracy 9-25 meters, the warhead 375 kg.)

094: length 135m. W 12.5-13m. Surface displacement of 9000t. Underwater 11500t. Uniaxial .7 blade turbine. Double hull. Pressurized water nuclear reactors [can not be the HTR]. Propulsive power 25000kw. Underwater speed of 26 knots or more. Working potential depth greater than 300m. crew of 120 people. holding force 70 days. noise level 120 dB .12 rounds JL2. projectile length 13.2m. projectile diameter of 2.25m. three solid rocket motors. launch weight of 55t . Carbon fiber composite shell .11000 km range [less than this range will lose its strategic significance] .6 a 300,000 t equivalent thermal conductivity of nuclear warheads motor points. accuracy within 300m.

093, 094 developed nuclear submarines, and did not make us to stop development of nuclear submarines, China began the development of 095 attack submarines.