Type 095 submarine

Class overview
Name	Type 095
Builders	China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Bohai Shipyard, Huludao
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force
Preceded by	Type 093
General characteristics
Type	Attack submarine
Installed power	Nuclear reactor
Range	Unlimited
Armament	Torpedoes, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine missiles, mines

The Type 095 (Chinese designation: 09-V) is a planned class of third-generation nuclear attack submarines for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. It is anticipated that the Type 095 submarine will have a substantially reduced acoustic signature, within an improved hull design.

Compared to the Type 093, the Type 095 will have a more advanced nuclear reactor, VLS cells and greater number of advanced sensors such as new active/passive flank array sonar and low- and high-frequency towed sonar array. Additionally, it is also speculated that Type 095 submarines may act as a potential underwater escort for any future Chinese aircraft carrier task forces.

It is reported that Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industrial Corporation will be building the submarines in a new plant in the Huludao, Liaoning province.

See also

• People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force
• Cruise missile submarine
• Attack submarine

Further reading

• Erickson, Andrew Erickson; Goldstein, Lyle (Winter 2007). "China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force: Insights from Chinese Writings" (PDF). Naval War College Review. 60 (1): 54–79. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
• Jordan, John; Preston, Antony; Jordan, John; Dent, Stephen (2007). Warship 2007. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-84486-041-8.
• "People's Liberation Army Navy: A Modern Navy with Chinese Characteristics" (PDF). ONI. U.S. Navy. August 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
• O'Rourke, Ronald (October 1, 2010). "China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress" (PDF). RL33153. Congressional Research Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-11-30.

External links

• "China's Quest for a Superpower Military", by John J. Tkacik, Jr., The Heritage Foundation, May 17, 2007
• Chinese Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke - February 4, 2008 (CRS Report RL33153)
• "The Implications of China’s Naval Modernization for the United States" - Testimony before the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission by Richard Fisher, Jr. - June 11, 2009
• China’s Noisy Nuclear Submarines Archived 2013-01-30 at the Wayback Machine by Hans M. Kristensen - FAS Strategy Security Blog