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Tango0125 Jun 2014 9:17 p.m. PST

"China's state-run media is reporting that Beijing publicly displayed what is believed to be the largest conventional submarine in the world last week.

According to Want China Times, which cited a Chinese-language report in the state-run Guangming Daily, China's new Type 032 Qing-class test submarine was on display last week at the Sixth Shipping Expo held in Guangdong province in southern China from June 6 to June 8. IHS Jane's also noted the report was carried in China's state media outlets.

The Type 032 submarine first came to foreign analysts' attention in 2010 when pictures emerged on the Chinese internet of the vessel in a Wuhan-based shipyard (at that time, some began calling it a Type 043 submarine, causing some confusion)…"
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Lion in the Stars26 Jun 2014 9:43 a.m. PST

It's just an updated Golf or Hotel class, complete with a couple missile tubes in the sail.

Tango0126 Jun 2014 11:24 a.m. PST

Ha!…Ha!… (smile)

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