![]() ![]() It was decommissioned in 2000 and is preserved at the Chinese Navy Museum in Qingdao. The first of the boats, Changzheng 1, was launched in 1970 and entered service four years later. The Type 091 ( NATO designation Han-class) was the first indigenously-produced nuclear attack submarine in Asia, and its program dates back to the late 1950s. China was the first Asian country and the fifth global power to design, build, and commission a nuclear-powered submarine successfully.Ĭhina currently operates two types of nuclear-powered attack submarines, while a third is also in development. ![]() Unlike the United States Navy’s Submarine Force, the People’s Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force (PLANSF) operates a fleet that includes nuclear and conventional submarines. Submarines have remained an essential focus of the PLAN, along with aircraft carriers and major surface combatants, and the hunter-killer attack boats have continued to play a dominant role. Explicit images of any Chinese submarine are rare, but care was being taken to conceal the boat. However, parts of the craft were covered in a shroud – and experts suggested those sections could house additional missile launch tubes or perhaps a new, quieter propulsion system. Military analysts couldn’t determine whether it was a new model, or an upgrade of an existing vessel, Reuters reported. The satellite images, see above for one photos that was taken and given to Reuters, were taken from April 24 to May 4, 2022. Satellite photos taken by Planets Labs, which have since circulated on social media, purport to show a submarine in dry dock in Huludao Port in Liaoning province, about 430km east of Beijing. The People’s Liberation Army Navy ( PLAN) could be working on a new class of nuclear-powered hunter-killer attack submarines. ![]()
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