A year ago, China launched a submarine no one was expecting. Now further details have been revealed
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China continues to surprise the defense world. It is probably the only country on earth that can build a full-size submarine without any details leaking out. By comparison the name, size and general characteristics of U.S. Navy submarines are well known long before they roll out of the shed. A year ago China surprised everyone by launching a submarine that no one had been expecting. Only now are further details emerging via open source intelligence.
An official publicity photograph of the launch ceremony of the so-called 'sailless' submarine in October 2018. The name or purpose of this submarine has not been revealed.Until now we could only estimate her size based on the launch photos. Thanks to fresh analysis of commercial satellite imagery, which caught the new submarine outside the shipyard, we now know that she is 150 feet long and about 15 feet across.
This submarine is a unique design that has no sail to speak of. All other submarines have this fin-like structure rising up from the middle of the deck where the periscope goes. Until now it has been a defining characteristic of a submarine: this boat is flatter and has a tiny bump where the sail should go. The reason for this has been the subject of speculation. One theory is that the submarine is uncrewed, and so does not need a sail for the captain to stand in when navigating on the surface.
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