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CNS Type 092 (Daqingyu)

1987 COLD WAR MODERN NAVY

History of CNS Type 092 (Daqing)

An often overlooked aspect of the Chinese military is its underwater power, which consists of various attack submarines. Due to its fundamental geographic nature, China has a long coastline to defend, and this has been exacerbated by pressure on the People's Liberation Army ("PLAN") navy to expand its strategic influence in Asia-Pacific waters as China becomes a global power. player.

This growth will naturally attract many "counter-forces" in the region to keep up with Communist China - namely Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Taiwan and, of course, the US. The modern composition of the Chinese navy One of the threats is the Xia-class Type 092 ships.

The core of the Type 092 is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, in the same category as many modern submarines with the same military form and function. The Type 092 was developed in the late 1970s and built in 1978 at the Huludao Shipyard. Construction was completed in 1981, and the ship went through its paces over the next few years, testing and evaluating various systems and basic weapons. As a result, official commissioning was delayed until 1987. At its inception, the Type 092 was the Chinese Navy's first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, and the first of its kind designed and built in Asia.

The submarine provides the Chinese Navy with the modern capability to carry a powerful nuclear weapons payload over long distances. The ship is officially identified as "09-II" in Chinese naval nomenclature, and its base is outside Jianggezhuang.

The heart of any nuclear powered submarine is its nuclear reactor component. Type 092 is based on a pressurized water system and 2 steam turbines driving single shafts. This provides a top speed of 22 knots underwater, and due to the nature of nuclear power, the range is essentially unlimited. In theory, this encourages the Type 092 to fight anywhere in the world within range of its enemies, as needed.

In addition, although the waste generated by the nuclear power nature is difficult to dispose of efficiently, and during normal operation of active military submarines, the reactors, which typically have a useful life of several decades before needing replacement, can still pose a very lethal threat, which is essentially a "Captive" crew.

From the outside, the Type 092 is designed in a conventional sense, using the proven features of other countries' submarines. Her physical features are a tubular basic shape with a tapered bow and stern for maximum flow dynamics.

The sails were attached to the bow, and the square section of the upper fuselage was attached to the rear of the turret for vertical missile launch facilities. The launcher is designed to keep the submarine underwater while launching its payload. The dive plane can be seen above the front of the sail, while the stern is covered by a propeller shaft. The fins are set vertically and horizontally along the dorsal, ventral and flanks of the tail.

In terms of dimensions, the Type 092 has a barrel length of 120 meters, a width of 10 meters and a draft of 8 meters. Her crew consisted of 100 men, consisting of about 12 officers and the rest of the sailors. Crews traditionally work in shifts.

The vessel has a total surface displacement of 6,500 tons and a total underwater displacement of 7,000 tons.

As an attack submarine, the Type 092 was armed with 12 x JL-1 (later JL-1A) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) in vertical launch tubes aft of the sails. The JL-1 series was designed by Huang Weilu and produced in Factory 307, with a 35-foot fuselage, carrying a 200-300 kiloton nuclear warhead, powered by a solid fuel booster, and flying up to 1700 kilometers (the upgraded JL-1A followed thereafter) range up to 2,500 km). The production of these missiles began in the 1980s, along with the operational Type 092. For a more conventional anti-ship/anti-submarine approach, the Type 092 is also mounted 6 x 533 mm (21 in) at the bow.

Equipped with tube.

The Type 092 began performing basic patrol duties in the years following its introduction and, as expected, entered a period of conversions and upgrades during this period. Her original sonar suite was upgraded to a more modern type (of French origin), along with possibly stealth capabilities installed throughout the ship. The original JL-1 ballistic missile was replaced by the JL-1A series with improved range.

Despite these attempts to keep the ship effective in modern times, ideas eventually turned to the development of an entirely new indigenous attack submarine system - the Jin class "Type 094" - which has been replaced by the Type 092 in Chinese Navy service (2010). Although the Type 094 has arrived, the Type 092 is believed to still be in service with the Chinese Navy.

Six Jin-class ships were eventually deployed, leading to issues of lack of transparency from Washington and China.

Type 092 is the only recognized summer class ship. A second hull is believed to have been built sometime in the early 1980s and possibly launched, but was later lost in an accident, possibly in 1985. However, this detail has yet to be confirmed.