{"id":83387,"date":"2026-01-20T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83387"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:07:09","slug":"type-096-tang-class-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/type-096-tang-class-submarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 096 Tang-Class Submarine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Type 096 Tang-Class Submarine Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has unveiled the most significant upgrade to its undersea nuclear capability with the unveiling of the Type 096 Tang-Class ballistic missile submarine recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Type 096 Tang-Class Submarine<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The Type 096 (NATO reporting name of Tang-class) submarine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>China\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">next-generation <\/span><b>nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is bigger, stealthier, and armed with longer-range missiles than its predecessors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Type 096 Tang-Class Submarine <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will <\/span><b>displace around 20,000 tons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when submerged, placing it in the <\/span><b>same weight class as<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><b> U.S. Navy\u2019s Ohio-class submarines.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is said to hav<\/span><b>e raft-mounted machinery, hull isolation systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a propulsion design that<\/span><b> minimizes acoustic signatures <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during patrols.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These features are aimed at <\/span><b>making the sub harder to detect<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in contested waters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vessel&#8217;s <\/span><b>pressurized water-cooled nuclear reactor powers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a single shaft via a steam turbine arrangement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modern power plant elements and improved vibration dampening technologies are said to enhance submerged speed and stealth performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The submarine is expected to carry between 16 and 24 <\/span><b>JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each capable of <\/span><b>ranges exceeding 10,000 to 12,000 kilometer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s and <\/span><b>equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also <\/span><b>launch wire-guided, high-speed Yu-6 torpedoes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a range of over 29 km.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/world\/what-is-type-096-submarine-china-s-new-6-000-mile-range-missiles-sub-could-target-us-without-leaving-home-waters-1768805259124\/amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type 096 Tang-Class Submarine is China\u2019s next-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). 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