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| Specification | Sinpo-class submarine | Type 093 submarine |
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| Displacement | Submerged 1,650 -2,000 tons[source] | Type 093/A 6,675 tons (submerged) Type 093B 6,700 -7,000 tons (submerged)[source] |
| Builders | Sinpo South Shipyard[source] | Bohai Shipyard , Huludao[source] |
| Operators | Korean People's Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Sang-O class[source] |
70 m (229 ft 8 in) (estimated) 65 m (213 ft 3 in) ( lwl estimated)[source]
Type 093/A
Single sourceType 093B
Single sourceType 093/A 108.5 m (356 ft 0 in) Type 093B 110 m (360 ft 11 in)[source]
estimated
Single source30–50 (estimated)[source]
Maximum; dived. (estimated)
Single sourceMaximum; estimated on surface
Single source(estimated) 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) on surface 10 knots (19 km/h) dived. (estimated)[source]
Maximum; Type 093
Single sourceMaximum; Type 093 Type 093A/B
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Type 091[source] |
| Succeeded by | Sinpo-C-class submarine[source] | Type 095[source] |
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| Planned | 3 or more[source] | — |
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| Building |
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| Completed | 9+[source] |
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| Active | Total 12 to 14: Type 093: 2 Type 093A: 4 Type 093B: 6-8[source] |
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| Type | Diesel submarine[source] | Nuclear-powered attack submarine[source] |
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| Propulsion | Diesel-electric (?)[source] | 2 x 70-75 megawatt pressurized water nuclear reactors 1 x pump-jet (Type 093B)[source] |
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| Armament | Pukguksong-1 (KN-11) Sinpo-C: 3 × Pukguksong-3 Hero Kim Kun Ok : 10 × Pukguksong-3 or 4 × Pukguksong-3 and 6 × smaller SLBM[source] | 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes Yu-3 , Yu-4 , Yu-6 torpedoes YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missile YJ-82 anti-ship cruise missile 24-cell vertical launching system (VLS) (Type 093B)[source] |
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| Country of origin | North Korea[source] | People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Name | — | Type 093[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2006–present[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Type 359 radar Hull-mounted sonar Flank array sonar Passive intercept array sonar Towed array sonar (Type 093A)[source] |
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Type 093 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) Type 093A/B 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[source]