Nuove Strutture Per I Cantieri Cinesi

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da Popular Science al link http://www.popsci.com/china-nuclear-submarine-facility

un interessante articolo sulla nuova struttura dei cantieri Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. (BSHIC) , se ben ricordo gl iunici in grado di costruire i battelli nucleari cinesi. In questo "caoannone" sarò possibile assembare 4 battelli contemporaneamente, e sembra che la costruzione dei nuovi 095 sia gia iniziata. Presto alla quantità farà seguito la qualità (che non è lontana, si dive che i 095 siano a livello dei Virginia) ... preoccupante!

 

 

 

China is building the world's largest nuclear submarine facility

 

 

Starting later this year, China's new submarine factory on the Yellow Sea will churn out nuclear-powered attack submarines—also known as SSNs—all but ensuring that the sub program of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will be a deadly global force.

Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industrial Corporation is putting the finishing touches on its new facility, which will start production this year. BSHIC, based in Huludao, Liaoning Province, is China's only builder of nuclear submarines. It previously built the Type 091, 093 nuclear attack submarines (SSN) and Type 092 and 094 nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). Why is this building such a big deal? Simple, really: inside a superstructure, submarines are hidden from snoops, spies, and satellites. It also provides a controlled environment for development and construction.

The massive new assembly hall, which measures more than 430,000 square feet, has enough room for two parallel production lines; each production line has one half dedicated to assembling and attaching together submarine modules, and the other half dedicated to finishing the hull with quieting measures like anechoic tiles. That's enough space for four SSN's to be built simultaneously (two sets of modules being assembled at one end, and another pair of assembled hulls being fitted out before launch). Once completed, the SSN is rolled off the line and into the ocean. The assembly hall can also handle construction of the next generation SSBN, the Type 096

The facility is reported to begin construction on the first Type 095 SSN later this year. The Type 095 is expected to have a single/hybrid pressure hull, pumpjet propulsion and vertical launch system cells, making it (at least) superior to older SSNs like the U.S.'s Los Angeles III and Russia's Akula II.

 

 

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4 battelli contemporaneamente è un bella capacità di lavoro date anche le dimensioni dei suddetti battelli.

 

Sulla qualità la Cina sta iniziando a scrollarsi di dosso la nomea di copiatrice low cost e sta puntando molto sull'affermarsi come partner industriale/militare di molti paesi, punto nel quale la fanno da padroni francesi e russi per il momento.