https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnt2LikyA-Q>On Wednesday, South Korea launched the ROKS Jang Yeong-sil, the first of three 3,600-ton KSS-III Batch-II diesel-electric attack submarines, at Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje shipyard, according to Yonhap News Agency. The Batch-II surpasses the 3,000-ton Batch-I with enhanced detection and strike capabilities, earning praise from South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration as a “world-class” submarine.>Equipped with six torpedo tubes and 10 vertical launch system cells for Hyunmoo-IV-4 ballistic missiles, which have a 497-mile range, the Jang Yeong-sil outstrips the Batch-I’s six launch cells, per Naval News. It supports South Korea’s “three-axis system” for targeting North Korean nuclear and missile sites, Yonhap reported.>The submarine features lithium-ion batteries, enabling longer missions and high-speed maneuvers with reduced detection risk, according to the navy and Defense Acquisition Program Administration. Trials are set before its planned delivery to the navy by late 2027, with two sister ships under construction.>In August, Hanwha Ocean was named one of two “qualified suppliers” for Canada’s submarine program, aiming to acquire up to 12 vessels. The KSS-III Batch-II, built entirely with South Korean technology, is 89 meters long with a 10-meter beam, reaches 20 knots, and can travel 10,000 nautical miles without surfacing, supporting over 20-day missions. It carries about 50 crew members and is armed with ballistic and cruise missiles for enhanced undersea deterrence.>South Korea plans to commission nine KSS-III submarines by the 2030s, with three Batch-I units already in service from 2021 to 2024.Kraut sisters...
why does it have grooves
>>64433838The only country that will buy it is pooland.
>>64434012>The only country that will buy it is pooland.You said the same for K9, K10, and many others.
>>64434012Das rite krautboi, you own me reparacion
>>64433914Ribbed for maximum pleasure.
>>64433838nice news. You could've made this thread without the last incendiary line though, you faggot.>>64434012>>64434028that boat is likely too fat for the Baltic Sea, I doubt Poland will buy it. I've posted about the other options in the other thread.
It would be funn if submarines were stored like fish - hanging vertically.Also apparently pic is from a fish market in Obama City, Japan :O
>>64433914>groovesYou know how you slice salami or slice bread? In slices? Ship construction is like that, but in reverse, and apparently Worst Korea's building technique calls for more slices per sub loaf.
>>64434050>that boat is likely too fat for the Baltic SeaExactly, the same goes for 212CD, A26, S80, Blacksword and so on.
>>64433914Basically rubber pads for sound absorption.
>>64434054>Obama, Barack :|>Obama, Japan :o
>>64433914https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etviGf1uWlg
>>64434206
>>64434250oh fuck looks like i just saved an image. Anyone have the webm?
>>64434251No.
>>64434254No, the other one, the one with Obama photoshoping the rail on his PC and its because of him Russia is so bad.
>>64434262Well that's why I said I don't have it!
>>64434271oh ok.
>>64434159not quite:>KSS-III Batch 2:4,000t submerged, 89.3x9.6m>Type 212CD:2,800t submerged, 73,0x10,0m>A26 Blekinge:2,100t submerged, 66,1x6,75mand last but not least, probably the best option:>S800 (Fincantieri):850t submerged, 51,0x??m
>>64434555>and last but not least, probably the best option:>850t submerged, 51,0x??mLiterally made for midgets. Also, the Yellow Sea is a more adverse environment than the Baltic Sea, yet nuclear submarines like the Virginia-class have no problem sailing it
>>64434653>Literally made for midgetsKek, it has a smaller crew and carries (presumably) a quite small weapons load.>Also, the Yellow Sea is a more adverse environment than the Baltic Sea, yet nuclear submarines like the Virginia-class have no problem sailing itThe size isnt a benefit just because it is shallow, if the submarine is smaller it can hide in more areas easier, such as around undersea trenches/depressions. It also becomes a smaller target and it is cheaper to field more. Not to mention it could give south korea similar capabilities to North Korea and their Yugo class submarines and their derivatives.
>>64434653Difference is, the Yellow Sea is open, so, if shit goes sideways, you can just whack the throttle to emergency power and get the fuck outta dodge at 34 kt, noise be damned. The Baltic is closed (you can only enter or exit through the Danish Straits), and has a much more constricted geography, with a lot of branches and large islands. You can't speed your way out of danger. You need to either hide, or stand and fight. A large sub would be like a porpoise in an inflatable pool.
>>64433838Why have torpedo tubes on the front in a diesel boat? Every launch transient will be heard from space.
>>64436428>The size isnt a benefit just because it is shallow, if the submarine is smaller it can hide in more areas easier, such as around undersea trenches/depressions. It also becomes a smaller target and it is cheaper to field more.Yeah, that's probably the reason why the US operates midget subs in the Baltic Sea. Oh wait ...
>>64436428>depth doesn't matterSigh>>64436696>Difference is, the Yellow Sea is open, so, if shit goes sideways, you can just whack the throttle to emergency power and get the fuck outta dodge at 34 ktYou can't outpace enemy aircraft.
>>64436945I dont think the US operates any kind of sub in the baltic sea, anon
>>64437038>I dont think the US operates any kind of sub in the baltic seaOh the US operates in all kinds of waters
>>64433838North Korea has depleted about 1/3rd of its artillery resources supporting Putin. If South Koreans had balls they would time and cease the opportunity to liberate their fellow Koreans and end the abomination that is the Kims.
>>64437118If mutts had the balls they would've already bombarded NK in the 90s.
>>64437118>Instigate a war, put their own civilians in the crossfire, and after they win (because of course they will) they're now responsible for millions of hostile, brainwashed Nork civviesNot worth it at all.
>>64437054The USN doesn't operate subs in the Baltic, just like it doesn't operate subs in the Black Sea.
>>64434206lol
>>64438028>The USN doesn't operate subs in the Baltic, just like it doesn't operate subs in the Black Sea.https://www.twz.com/35997/navy-makes-unusual-public-display-of-its-secretive-seawolf-submarines-presence-off-norwayThey do. They're just never surfaced.Even the last ever built U-boat during WW2 was 76m long, which is roughly the same for the Whiskey and Kilo.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_XXI_submarinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey-class_submarine
>>64437118>If South Koreans had balls they would time and cease the opportunity to liberate their fellow Koreans and end the abomination that is the Kims.Sorks don't give 2 shits about the Nork population. They know if the peninsula unified, then they would have dozens of millions of norks eating up their gibs and decreasing their quality of life. They would much rather let the norks starve to death in their country than take any QOL hit in the south.
>>64438284>Tromsø Anon, Tromsø is quite literally on the other side of the Scandinavian peninsula. Norway isn't on the Baltic coast. That sub would have had to fly, in order to reach the Baltic. USN subs do not venture into closed seas.
>>64438319That's not the point of this article. I referenced it because the 6th Fleet, which has an operational area covering European waters, includes Seawolf-class submarines that remain active today. The rest is purely a realm of imagination as no one knows where those submarines go once they're submerged.
>>64438402They patrol the Northern Reaches, around Finmark, since that's the route in and out of the Barents bastion.
>>64438415>They patrol the Northern Reaches, around Finmark.Officially, yes. But the fact that they have the ability to navigate fjords hints to something else.
>>64438482>Officially, yes. But the fact that they have the ability to navigate fjords hints to something else.You cant compare sailing into Tromsø on the surface to trying to sneak into the Baltic, its the same as saying that they have the ability to navigate Puget Sound
>>64434555>S800 (Fincantieri) One thing, I'm not really sold on, is the fuel cell. It eats a lot into the displacement and available space, and I don't feel like it's a good fit for a <1500-ton boat. I kinda get what they're going for, since, according to preliminary specs, they have 2 fuel cells, and only one diesel, while standard fitting on a conventional sub is 2 diesels. So they intend to use the cells as primary energy source, with the diesel as backup and charge booster. But I think they'd be better off removing them (maybe add that second diesel back, for redundancy), and filling that space with even more batteries instead.
>>64433914speed grooves
>>64440322Fuel cells cannot be replaced with LiB, as shown in the KSS-III Batch II, which uses both technologies. Lithium-ion batteries are heavier than hydrogen tanks, so they are placed at the bottom, while hydrogen tanks are positioned at the top or in less critical areas. They are not replacements for each other but are instead complementary.
>>64433914The grooves compress to fill the gap when under higher pressure.Interesting to see them copy the bong design otherwise but not too surprising.
