El "prueba y error" chino está alcanzado unas cotas inimaginables si atendemos a la espiral de desarrollos militares que vemos.
No es algo del momento pero sí es novedoso, la primera imagen de la nueva variante del submarino
... gráfico para comparar con el clase Yuan ...
... Probablemente a estas alturas la Armada China debe de ser el mayor operador de submarinos del planeta. Los ritmos de producción son tremendos y según cita de Jane's el año pasado la producción pudo alcanzar las 20 unidades que sumadas a los submarinos que ya operaban y a otras clases en producción (como el nuevo SSBN y SSN) la flota de submarinos de la PLAN china debe de superar a las otras dos destacadas; EEUU y la Federación Rusa.
China's New Yuan-class Sub Seen preparing for sea Trials Richard D Fisher Jr, Washington, DC and James Hardy, London and Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly Key Points
- Images of a new variant of China's Type 041 Yuan-class conventional submarine suggest it is being prepared for sea trials
New Chinese-sourced imagery shows that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) continues to modify its Type 041 Yuan class Conventional Submarine and That it is making Progress Towards A New large Destroyer or cruiser.
- Images also suggest Chinese shipbuilders are starting to plan a large surface combatant that may be a next-generation destroyer or cruiser
On 10 and 11 December 2013 the first images of a new variant of the Type 041 - also sometimes referred to as the Type 039A, Type 039C or Type 039X - appeared on Chinese military web forums. It had just been launched by the Wuhan Shipyard of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), the major manufacturer of China's non-nuclear powered submarines. Only seen partially in these first images, a new image seen on 6 April shows the new Type 041 A variant has raked sail That is Similar to recent German SSK designs.
This New sail design May Incorporate an additional High-Frequency Sonar at the Base of the sail, as do some other submarines with similar designs. This Type 041 may also be slightly longer than previous variants.
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