{"id":121611,"date":"2023-11-29T10:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121611"},"modified":"2023-11-29T10:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:19:07","slug":"chinas-stealth-submarine-sparks-taiwan-invasion-fears-as-xi-jinping-bolder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/chinas-stealth-submarine-sparks-taiwan-invasion-fears-as-xi-jinping-bolder\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s stealth submarine sparks Taiwan invasion fears as Xi Jinping ‘bolder’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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China may have developed a submarine with stealth technology able to give the country an edge should it attempt to invade Taiwan.<\/p>\n

The distinctive shape of the sides of the sail on the latest Type 039C Yuan-class non-nuclear submarines appears to have been built for stealth defence.<\/p>\n

The angled sides of this Chinese submarine would reduce its “signal strength” from active sonar, according to Naval News.<\/p>\n

The belief China’s submarine may evade sonars has been reinforced by a recent study focused on the impact of the designs on sonar stealth published by the country’s academics in the Polish-based Archives of Acoustics journal.<\/p>\n

This research, Naval News said, used designs very similar to the one spotted on the submarine.<\/p>\n

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While this technology doesn’t turn the submarine completely invisible to radars, it is believed to be effective against medium-frequency sonars in masking the true nature of the vessel.<\/p>\n

The Type 039C submarine, built in Wuhan and fitted out in Shanghai, marks an evolution in conventional submarine technology, as it is believed to be using 60 percent newly-researched and improved equipment and features significant system reconfiguration.<\/p>\n

China possesses a fleet of both nuclear-powered and conventional submarines.<\/p>\n

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News about the Type 039C, of which little is known, comes as concerns about China making a move on Taiwan continue to mount.<\/p>\n

Tensions between Taiwan and China have been high throughout the year. In August, Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defence warned of a possible “sharp increase” in frictions after claiming Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n

The median line has served for years as an unofficial barrier between Taiwan, which China claims as its own, and Beijing.<\/p>\n