(Photo : China newest conventional submarine)

Military Photo.net ( A famous American military bbs) published a set of photos of China newest conventional submarine, which is the biggest conventional submarine in the world.

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This submarine named Navy 032-021 and is the upgrade of old Golf 200. The scientists started research in Jan.2005 and started the construction in 2008. The submarine launched in Sep. 2010 and embodied to the army on 16^th,Oct. 2012. Now it can take new army test mission.

The length of the submarine is 92.5 meters and the wide is 10 meters. It goes 160 meters deep when it works and the max depth it can go is 200 meters. The conventional displacement of the submarine is 3797 tons and the maximum can be 6628 tons. It can test several missiles.

The development of this submarine has a potential influence on Chinese Navy equipment.

Before the use of this submarine, the biggest conventional submarine is IL-400 built by Japanese navy during the second world war. The conventional displacement is 3550 tons.

The bbs also said that this submarine can work 30 days continuously under the water with 85 people in it and without additional supplement.