China's latest ** submarine 039C may have been witnessed by fishermen in the East China Sea by chance on the way to the exercise, and captured its footage with a camera.
According to the "Eurasian Times", after Zhejiang military fans released this video on Weibo, military commentators from all sides expressed their opinions, some believe that the Type 039C may have carried torpedoes, as well as YJ-18 supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles with a range of up to 550 kilometers. Just after the Type 039C submarine appeared on Weibo, our People's Liberation Army also disclosed its ** sailing in the sea. The submarine was built in Wuhan and installed in Shanghai. It has only been launched for more than 1 year, and in 2022 it will enter service with the East China Sea Fleet, which is very fast for a new submarine.
The submarine base of the East China Sea Fleet is located north of the main island of Taiwan, about 500 kilometers to the south. In addition, it faces the Japanese island chain, which is a natural barrier in the Pacific Ocean, and our actions in the relevant waters are steadily increasing. It is reported that China's navy has 17 Yuan-class diesel-electric submarines, which are widely believed to be one of the quietest silent killers. In a series of articles, the U.S. Naval Research Association has rarely publicly studied the technical data of the Yuan-class submarines.
The Type 039 submarine was originally intended to be used as an anti-ship cruise missile platform, and it needed to be able to dive in the water for a long time, in order to achieve this purpose, China developed the "absolute propulsion" system, and was the first to install it on the Type 039A submarine. Under the huge mass production capacity, the Yuan-class submarine has become the world's largest number of "absolute propulsion" submarines.
Experts point out that the newly upgraded 39C has a "mushroom head" conning tower enclosure, and the unique inclined plane is a ** defense to reduce the signal strength of the enemy's active sonar to the submarine. Nowadays, in the design of submarines, tilting ** is becoming a new trend. A similar principle can be seen on Sweden's A-26-class submarines, as well as Germany's next-generation 212CD-class submarines.