On the occasion of the 70 th anniversary of the founding of our PLA's submarine force, the major military media of our PLA, contrary to the norm, have carried out extensive propaganda on this unit, which has always been extremely secretive, and has revealed a lot of exciting information.
For example, through the announcement of submarine commanders and fighters, our submarine forces have entered a new era in which both nuclear and nuclear forces are equally valued and nuclear forces are dominant.
This declaration not only marks a significant improvement in the strategic position of our army's submarine forces, but also demonstrates a major breakthrough in the field of nuclear submarine technology of our army.
In addition, for the first time, a picture of our army's new heavy submarine-launched torpedo striking a surface target ship was also disclosed.
As well as news related to some new submarines, all of which have fully demonstrated the achievements in the modernization and combat capability of our army's submarine forces.
The trend of advanced equipment of our submarine force is rarely officially publicized, and naturally it has also attracted great attention from Western defense think tanks.
Various defense media and think tanks have published a large number of articles to analyze the latest developments in the field of submarines on the mainland.
Among them, what has attracted the most attention from the United States and other Western countries is the submarine-launched vertical launch system specially developed by our military for submarines and its supporting anti-ship ballistic missiles as shown in the papers and shipyard models.
The emergence of this new type of weapon system has not only enhanced the long-range strike capability of our submarine force, but also further enhanced the overall strength of the mainland navy.
Unveiled in the paper this time is an anti-ship ballistic missile with a large aspect ratio bicone warhead, that is, a submarine-launched version of the YJ-20 anti-ship ballistic missile, which debuted in the promotional video of the Navy Festival two years ago.
As the world's first submarine-launched anti-ship ballistic missile, its appearance on our army's attack nuclear submarines is not surprising, but an important milestone in the modernization of our army's submarine force.
The submarine-launched version of this missile not only inherits the advantages of high precision, high speed and high penetration capability of the prototype missile, but also has a special design and optimization for the submarine combat environment, making it more suitable for use on submarines.
This is dictated by the mission of the attack nuclear submarine. Nuclear submarines are limited by the laws of physics, and their communication capabilities are always limited.
Therefore, unlike surface ships, air forces, and rocket forces, which can rely on "sea-air-space" multi-dimensional intelligence for joint operations, submarines need to independently discover, fight, and perform tasks with a high degree of independence.
And underwater, the way submarines obtain intelligence is almost entirely dependent on hydroacoustic equipment and communication buoys that are regularly released in safe sea areas.
However, hydroacoustic equipment is greatly affected by factors such as the hydrological environment, and although ship formations can be detected at a long distance when the hydrological conditions are good, such targets may be rapidly changing, and it is necessary to quickly establish a kill chain and launch a strike.
Therefore, for attack nuclear submarines, it is their mission and duty to have a strong anti-ship combat capability.
Traditional nuclear submarines without independent missile launch systems can only rely on heavy torpedoes or submarine-launched anti-ship missiles fired from the forward torpedo tubes of the bow or amidships in anti-ship operations.
However, there are obvious problems with both approaches.
The range and arrival time of heavy torpedoes are limited, and the range of the most advanced submarine-launched heavy torpedoes is only about 50 kilometers, and it is impossible to effectively attack targets hundreds of kilometers away.
In addition, torpedoes have a limited speed and take a long time from launch to hit, which poses serious challenges to the tactical arrangement, survivability and flexibility of the submarine, and reduces the lethality of the submarine.
Therefore, traditional attack nuclear submarines face many dilemmas and challenges in anti-ship operations.
And the use of torpedo tube submarine-launched anti-ship missiles faces the problem of a fire channel.
American nuclear submarines have long used the 4-torpedo tube design, and after removing at least 2 torpedoes for emergency combat, the number of anti-ship missiles fired in a single salvo is only 2.
Although our army uses 6 torpedo tubes, the layout of the bow does not bring about a substantial improvement.
In addition, the diameter of the torpedo tube itself also limits the performance of the missile, so a simple torpedo tube to launch an anti-ship missile is tactically meaningless.
This restriction not only affects the effectiveness of anti-ship warfare of submarines, but also restricts the combat capability and status of submarines in modern naval warfare.
In contrast, the combination of long-range anti-ship ballistic missiles such as the YJ-20 has greatly improved the effectiveness and flexibility of submarine anti-ship tactics.
So that submarines no longer need to worry about a small number of anti-ship missiles unable to break through the defense or unable to catch up with the target due to underwater silence problems.
Submarines can use the shipboard vertical launch system to launch multiple anti-ship ballistic missiles at one time to carry out saturation attacks on enemy ship formations, which greatly improves the effectiveness of anti-ship operations.
At the same time, submarines can also take advantage of high-performance hydroacoustic equipment and good hydrological conditions in distant waters to launch anti-ship ballistic missile raids on long-range targets to achieve efficient destruction.
This new type of anti-ship combat mode has not only enhanced the combat capability of our army's submarine forces, but also had a far-reaching impact on the construction and development of our army's overall combat system.
Therefore, the additional installation of special missile launch systems and submarine-launched anti-ship missiles has also become a trend in which nuclear submarines that attach importance to anti-ship operations to enhance their combat effectiveness.
The emergence of this trend is mainly due to the special battlefield environment of submarine anti-ship operations.
In modern naval warfare, submarines, as the most concealed and assault underwater combat force, have a direct impact on the outcome of naval warfare.
Therefore, the navies of various countries are constantly improving the anti-ship combat capabilities of submarines to meet the needs of modern naval warfare.
It is worth noting that this large-diameter vertical hair system is not intended for new nuclear submarines that have already been launched, but for a new generation of nuclear submarines in the future.
Judging from the general vertical launch system for submarine-launched hypersonic missiles that appeared in the paper, its size is obviously beyond the range that the pressure-resistant shells of the 093 series nuclear submarines can accommodate.
In particular, the width is excessive, which makes it difficult to install normally even by raising the turtle's back.
This is also consistent with the previously appeared model of the Type 093B nuclear submarine shipyard and the vertical hair system shown by the design department.
This design not only shows the continuous progress and innovation of our military's nuclear submarine technology, but also indicates the development direction and trend of our military's future nuclear submarines.
The vertical hair system of the 093B shown by the model and design department adopts a relatively classical arrangement of "one pit, one tube, one hair".
The "one tube and three superb" systems that have been rummaged up by the Western media this time are obviously used for a new generation of attack nuclear submarines with larger pressure-resistant shell diameters, more advanced systems, and more powerful power.
The emergence of this new vertical hair system has not only raised the level of armament of our army's nuclear submarines, but also further enhanced the overall combat capability of our army's nuclear submarines.
For a long time, our nuclear submarines have been relatively backward in terms of nuclear reactor performance and pressure-resistant shell diameter, and these two problems are not only cause and effect of each other, but also jointly plague the improvement of other technical and tactical performance.
However, through this paper, it can be seen that the diameter of the pressure-resistant shell of our army's new generation of nuclear submarines has reached at least 10 meters or more, although there is still a certain gap compared with Russia's 13-meter-class super-large pressure-resistant shell.
But it is already at least on the same level as the main nuclear submarine of the US 10-meter class Virginia.
This shows that our military has made remarkable progress in the construction technology and power technology of its submarines, and has the ability to compete with the world's advanced nuclear submarines.
As for the Type 095 nuclear submarine, which has made breakthroughs in reactor power, self-circulation capacity, and pressure hull diameter, this paper found by Western think tanks is several years ago.
The YJ-20, which was a classified project at the time, has now been on public display for a long time.
Obviously, the progress of supporting this vertical Type 095 nuclear submarine is also quite good, and it is only waiting to be completed and delivered and waiting for the official publicity of our army.
This news not only shows the continuous development and innovation of our military's nuclear submarine technology, but also indicates that our army's nuclear submarine force will have more powerful combat capabilities and more advanced weapons and equipment in the future.
To sum up, in the course of 70 years of development, our submarine force has constantly made breakthroughs in itself, innovated and developed, and has made achievements that have attracted worldwide attention.
In particular, in recent years, remarkable achievements have been made in the modernization of our army's submarine forces, new types of weapons and equipment have been constantly emerging, and the overall combat capability has been markedly enhanced.
In the future, with the continuous development and innovation of our military's nuclear submarine technology, it is believed that our submarine force will become more powerful and make greater contributions to safeguarding the country's maritime rights and interests and world peace and stability.
At the same time, we should also note that Western countries are highly concerned about the development of the mainland's submarine force, which also reminds us to always be vigilant, strengthen national defense construction, and ensure national security and stability.
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