Summary: In 1974, China launched its first nuclear-powered submarine, the Type 091 Han-class, marking a significant milestone in its naval capabilities and achieving Chairman Mao’s long-held ...
The Soviet Oscar class nuclear ... The Chinese Type 091 struggled to meet the same thermal performance standards and sound reduction, as sonar detection is the biggest threat to a submarine's ...
Two days before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in China this April for meetings with the country's leader and ...
Cut off from Western and Soviet technology, the project’s small team worked with researchers in other fields on the Type 091 nuclear-powered attack submarine and the Type 092 nuclear-powered ...