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Can submarines attack other submarines?
Submarine warfare consists primarily of diesel and nuclear submarines using torpedoes, missiles or nuclear weapons, as well as advanced sensing equipment, to attack other submarines, ships, or land targets. Submarines may also be used for reconnaissance and landing of special forces as well as deterrence.
Can submarines hunt other submarines?
An attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants and merchant vessels. Some attack subs are also armed with cruise missiles, increasing the scope of their potential missions to include land targets.
What is the strongest submarine?
Typhoon-class submarine
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement | 23,200–24,500 t (22,830–24,110 long tons) surfaced 48,000 t (47,240 long tons) submerged |
| Length | 175 m (574 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) |
What class of submarine is a hunter-killer?
Attack submarines
Attack submarines, sometimes called hunter-killer submarines, are specifically designed to battle and sink enemy submarines, warships and merchant vessels. For that reason, they are smaller, quicker and stealthier than other types of submarine.
How deep can a hunter killer sub go?
What the Navy can tell you is that their submarines can submerge deeper than 800 feet.
Can submarines be destroyed?
Finally, a submarine can also be destroyed by means of artillery fire and missiles in the rare case that a modern submarine surfaces, but these weapons are not specifically designed for submarines and their importance in modern anti-submarine warfare is very limited.
What kind of submarine is a Ming class?
The Type 035 submarine ( NATO reporting name: Ming class) is a class of diesel-electric submarines of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. The Type 035 is a heavily improved redesign of the older Type 033 Romeo-class submarines, which were built in China from 1962 to 1984.
How many Kilo-class submarines does China have?
China possesses twelve Russian-origin Kilo-class submarines: two Project 877 vessels, two Project 636 vessels, and eight Project 636M vessels. The Project 877 vessels are 72.9 meters long with a 9.9-meter-wide-beam and can travel 20 knots when submerged. [14]
What is a Kilo class submarine used for?
The class was built until the mid-1990s, when production was switched to the more advanced Project 636 Varshavyanka variant, also known as Improved Kilo-class in the West . These attack submarines are mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations in relatively shallow waters.
Does China have electric attack submarines?
China possesses Ming-class diesel electric attack submarines (SSKs). These submarines are 76 meters long with a 7.6-meter-wide beam and can travel up to 18 knots when submerged. Many variants of Type 035 class submarines have been developed such as Type 035G and the Type 035B.