Type 039A/B/C submarine

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The Type 039A/B/C submarine (NATO reporting name: Yuan class) is a family of three air-independent propulsion (AIP) equipped diesel-electric submarine classes in China's People's Liberation Army Navy. It is the China's first AIP equipped submarine family. The Type 39A class is the successor of the Type 039 submarine. The class is designed to replace the aging Type 033 (Romeo class) and the older Type 035 submarines that previously formed the backbone of the conventional submarine force. The type 39A class is armed with wired-guided and wake-homing torpedoes, long-range land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles, and naval mines. According to an early assessment by the US Naval Institute, the Type 39A class was primarily designed as "an anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) platform capable of hiding submerged for long periods of time in difficult to access shallow littorals." However, another assessment by USNI includes an open-ocean capability which can be used beyond coastal waters. Also updated...

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