The Type 098 strategic nuclear submarine is designed with magnetofluid, which can leave torpedoes behind.
In recent years, the development of China's sea boats can be described as "dumplings", and since more than 10 years ago, both aircraft carriers and destroyers have been vigorously investing in naval construction.
This has been vividly described by some as China's money, which began to invest heavily in the navy. There is some truth to this statement.
However, in the sector of China's sea boats, submarines have always been a relative shortcoming. China's submarines in service were once nicknamed "sonic boom in the Pacific" by the United States.
This means that their sonar signatures are so remarkable that they hardly require sonar to be detected, which is a rather awkward situation.
Although it is an exaggeration to describe the sonar problem of China's submarines as "sonic boom in the Pacific Ocean", the problem of silence is indeed a technical problem that has long plagued the Chinese Navy.
Recently, however, there was a piece of news that seemed to solve the problem once and for all. According to online sources, the Type 098 strategic nuclear submarine developed by China uses extremely advanced all-electric propulsion and magnetofluid technology.
According to Academician Ma Weiming's statement, these technologies are even 10 years ahead of the United States!
The main content of this news is that the emergence of China's Type 098 nuclear submarine has caught up with and surpassed the 20-year technological gap between Europe and the United States, and even surpassed the current most powerful nuclear submarine in the world in some aspects. Despite the fact that the Type 096 nuclear submarine has not yet appeared, news of this Type 098 has already come out. On closer inspection, this rumor seems to have been circulating since 2018.
While such a message is likely to be unlikely, being able to spread it widely means that it is definitely not unfounded.
So let's imagine irresponsibly today, what is 098 like?
According to the available information and the speculation of netizens, the Type 098 nuclear submarine is likely to use magnetofluid propulsion technology, using electromagnetic force propulsion devices to replace the traditional propellers.
This means that when sailing, the Type 098 submarine will be completely silent, becoming an extremely terrifying silent killer.
In addition, since the electromagnetic thrust is much greater than the thrust of the propeller, the speed of the Type 098 submarine may have reached an alarming level.
According to some data calculations, the theoretical speed of the Type 098 nuclear submarine may even exceed the speed of a torpedo.
What kind of concept is it, which means that as long as you keep sailing, nothing can sink it, isn't it?
Combined with the current pace of development of the Chinese Navy, it is expected that by 2025, the deployment of 3-4 aircraft carrier battle groups by the Chinese Navy may not be too much of a problem.
By that time, the submarine force will become a unique highlight of the Chinese Navy, becoming an important combat force in addition to aircraft carriers.
In particular, the strategic nuclear submarine will become the combat trump card of China's submarine forces, which is of great strategic significance and combat capability.
In fact, taking nuclear submarines as the core of the operational idea is not unique to our country, and the former Soviet Navy developed with this idea as the core.
However, unlike the Red Army of the former Soviet Union, the military strength of our country is mainly based on territorial defense. And the former Soviet Union in the seventies and eighties has been expanding towards the world, even parachuting into the goal of the White House.
Another difference is that our country has a combat aircraft carrier system. Therefore, China's naval forces will form an operational idea with aircraft carriers and 098-class strategic nuclear submarines as the dual core.
In this way, we can not only carry out a nuclear counterattack in a possible world war, but even have the ability to carry out a secondary nuclear counterattack.
Earlier, it was revealed that American satellites had detected that China was developing a new nuclear submarine with 12 launchers and could be equipped with ballistic missiles.
If this situation refers to our 098-class strategic nuclear submarines, then all the above speculations may well become a reality.
If calculated according to the number of one pair or two 098-class strategic nuclear submarines deployed in an aircraft carrier battle group, then the total number of deployed submarines in the whole Navy is expected to reach 5-6 by then.
The scale of 2 ships to be deployed at sea in peacetime and 3 ships in emergency situations. Each nuclear submarine carries 12 ballistic missiles, and its power does not need to be repeated.
Even if most of the missiles are intercepted, one Julang-3 will be enough to destroy more than a dozen cities, and if 12 missiles are launched together, the destructive power will be even more amazing. For a long time, China's backward nuclear submarine technology has always been a pain point in the hearts of military fans.
However, now with the strength of the motherland, even if the 098-class nuclear submarine does not actually exist, it only exists in the idea and blueprint, which is enough to prove that China has been constantly exploring the road to make up for the shortcomings.
Indeed, from the debut of the J-20 to the overtaking of the Type 055 destroyer, to the successive emergence of a series of new equipment such as the Type 075 amphibious assault ship and the Y-20 transport aircraft, the development of China's first-class technology is remarkable.
The emergence of these equipment shows China's great progress in the field of military technology, and also shows the determination and ability of the Chinese industry to continuously break through and innovate.
Considering China's technological progress in other fields, I believe that China's submarine technology will also usher in a huge leap forward in the future.
Perhaps, this submarine, known as the Type 098, is not our little pipe dream, but a real reality. Hotspot Engine Program