That imagery, dated late April, depicts what appears to be the first example of a Type 039 diesel-electric attack submarine fitted with a small auxiliary nuclear powerplant – an innovation that ...
During World War II, of all the varieties of combat service one could enter, submarine service was the ... Army Navy does operate several of the Type-039 and variants, it has also sold several ...
as it could also be a modified Type 039. He added “it would not be unusual to see a submarine alongside this pontoon” as China has one of its main production facilities for conventional ...