The picture shows the Long March 18 boat
Recently, on the special day of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Navy, there are 3 main warships on the list, these 3 warships are the Type 075 amphibious assault ship Hainan, the 055 destroyer Dalian, and the 094A strategic nuclear submarine Long March 18, the Long March 18 boat is officially listed in China's Navy in a high profile, this is the first time, because China's nuclear submarines are extremely highly secretive, often secretly listed, so compared with the United States nuclear submarines, how big is the gap between the Type 094A? In this regard, Russian experts said that the 094A type has made important improvements in noise problems and bomb load, which also makes the gap between the two nuclear submarine technologies narrow.
The picture shows the Type 094 nuclear submarine
Compared with the United States nuclear submarines, China's nuclear submarine technology is shortening the gap with the United States at a speed visible to the naked eye, especially in the key indicators of nuclear submarines mute effect, the reason why nuclear submarines can assume the heavy responsibility of the second nuclear counterattack, is because the nuclear submarine is well concealed, it is not easy to be targeted by the enemy, the probability of surviving in the first round of nuclear strikes is very high, if the noise is too large, then it is obviously quite unfavorable to nuclear submarines, China's first generation of nuclear submarines 091 and 092, It has been criticized by many people for noise problems, and American magazines even claim that as long as the United States deploys sonar in Guam, it can hear the sound of Chinese nuclear submarines just leaving the port.
The Long March 18 boat in service this time, the strongest known nuclear submarine type 094A in China, the boat in order to accommodate the amazing length of the Giant Wave 2A submarine-launched intercontinental missile, and significantly increased the "turtle back", in order to solve the "turtle back" increase caused by the noise problem, 094A in the hull and the command platform filled the angle treatment, so that these most likely to produce friction parts are smoother, while the 094A internal mechanical noise reduction and shell noise reduction has also made new technological breakthroughs, not only offset the "turtle back" The increase in noise brought about by the increase, even the noise is lower than that of the 094 base type, in this case, the low-speed noise of the 094A is already similar to the Ohio level.
The picture shows the Type 094A nuclear submarine
Although China is trying to catch up with the United States in terms of nuclear submarines, and has also made some achievements, but in terms of existing nuclear submarine technology, there is still a big gap between China and the United States, especially the problem of "turtle back", in fact, "turtle back" is not only Chinese nuclear submarines, the strategic nuclear submarines of the United States and Russia also have, but due to China's lack of industrial strength, unable to manufacture large-diameter high-strength pressure-resistant shells, so whether it is 092 or 094, the "turtle back" of these two types of strategic nuclear submarines is very obvious. Coupled with the small displacement, the number of missiles carried is also relatively limited.
However, for these existing gaps, China still has enough time to catch up, although the United States has built a new generation of Columbia-class nuclear submarines, but the ship still has to wait until 2031 to enter service, and China has also begun to overtake in the technical aspects of nuclear submarines, Academician Ma Weiming has previously invented shaftless pump injection electromagnetic technology, which can not only greatly increase the speed of nuclear submarines, but also reduce noise to less than 100 decibels, in the Columbia class has not been in service in this 10 years, China has enough time to catch up, and considering that the Type 094 is an old ship developed in the 90s, China's nuclear submarines have the tradition of equipment generation, development generation, and pre-research generation, and the Type 096 strategic nuclear submarine may now have begun construction.
The picture shows the Type 094 nuclear submarine in China
In general, although China has a lot of curves on surface ships to catch up with the United States, in terms of nuclear submarine technology, China still needs to work hard to achieve technical parity with the United States, and only when surface and underwater ships are fully developed can the Chinese Navy surpass the US Navy in the future.