 Editor in Chief Bill   | 26 Mar 2015 8:36 p.m. PST |
China's latest nuclear submarine design appear to include a shelter capable of holding a miniature submarine for special operations forces (SOF) not unlike vehicles used to deliver Navy SEALs to shore from U.S. nuclear attack boats, according to an image in wide circulation in Chinese online networks.The Chinese boat — a Type-93T or Shang-class nuclear attack submarine — features a hangar for the SOF submersible that would allow People's Liberation Army troops to discrete deployment much like U.S. forces, according to a translation of a March 17 story in the state-run Reference News. The image was first reported in English by Jane's Defence Weekly on Tuesday… link |
| Pictors Studio | 26 Mar 2015 8:40 p.m. PST |
Seems like more of a Russian thing, really. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 26 Mar 2015 8:48 p.m. PST |
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 McKinstry  | 26 Mar 2015 9:09 p.m. PST |
Anybody know how quiet the Improved Type 93 boats are considered to be? |
| Coelacanth1938 | 26 Mar 2015 9:12 p.m. PST |
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| skippy0001 | 26 Mar 2015 9:22 p.m. PST |
Voyage To See What's On The Bottom Of The South China Sea. |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 Mar 2015 11:26 p.m. PST |
Like I've been saying for a decade now, you better start teaching yourself and your kids proper Mandarin! Dan
TMP link |
| Mako11 | 27 Mar 2015 4:42 a.m. PST |
A shame for them. I'll bet the Iranians have one that can fly. |
| Sundance | 27 Mar 2015 6:00 a.m. PST |
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| 15th Hussar | 27 Mar 2015 1:58 p.m. PST |
Next they'll come up with some guy named "Admiral Neil Sohn". |
| Lion in the Stars | 27 Mar 2015 6:42 p.m. PST |
The issue with the "pen-cap" docking is that the US can load the SEALs without surfacing, while this requires the Chinese sub to surface. Sub on surface = target. (ok, anything on the surface is a target  ) |
| David Manley | 27 Mar 2015 11:59 p.m. PST |
I suspect that there is no need to surface. |
| Cacique Caribe | 28 Mar 2015 12:09 a.m. PST |
Sundance, You might be on to something. Even their subs reproduce! Dan |
