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Originally Posted by oneman28
China has been buillding and using submarines for several decades. The transition to a new sub takes 12 years? If they were China's first generation Subs. it could take such long time.
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Doesnt matter. China started building SSN's from 74 (Project 091). But the "han" class itself took a long time to be sea worthy. Nonetheless they are noisy and more like tech demonstators. Same thing happened to "Xia" class, its just a lengthened "Han" boat. So Project 94 in essence is an entirely new design and will take the stated time by the Colonel. Just becoz the boat is officially acquired by the service does not mean that its combat ready and sea effective.
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Chinese official media just released news recently and says J11, J10 and JH7A are in the massive production stage.
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Massive?? what do you mean??