Class overview | |
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Name: | Type 095 |
Builders: | China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Bohai Shipyard, Huludao |
Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force |
Preceded by: | Type 093 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Attack submarine |
Installed power: | Nuclear reactor |
Range: | Unlimited |
Armament: | Torpedoes, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine missiles, mines |
The Type 095 (Chinese designation: 09-V) is a planned class of third-generation nuclear attack submarines for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China . It is anticipated that the Type 095 submarine will have a substantially reduced acoustic signature, within an improved hull design.[1][2][3]
Compared to the Type 093, the Type 095 will have a more advanced nuclear reactor, VLS cells 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 underwater escort for any future Chinese aircraft carrier task forces.[1]
It is reported that Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industrial Corporation will be building the submarines in a new plant in the Huludao, Liaoning province.[4]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type 095 submarine.
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