悲报：哈哈，共军041小型化核潜艇2024年6月13日，在中船重工武昌造船厂不幸沉没，造成严重核泄漏
《华尔街日报》以《中国最新型核潜舰沉没，军事现代化进程受挫》发布报导，表示中国核潜舰沉没于中船重工武昌造船厂沿岸。
所谓041小型化核潜艇，就是039C型常规潜艇基础上安装国产小型核反应堆的新型核动力潜艇。
人有多大胆，地有多大产。和认为汽车就是沙发装上四个轮子是一个道理。
天天整这种山寨货。
本来不是核潜艇设计，非要加装核反应堆。
1. 卫星图中的潜艇是最新型号的041小型化核潜艇。
2. 武昌造船厂除了制造039核潜艇之外，还在生产小型化的041核潜艇。
3. 中国核潜舰的建造地点位于葫芦岛和武昌船厂，有新X尾舵的潜艇。
下文为转载，我没看过：
041小型核潜艇：一次装料后续航力无限，将提升我潜艇部队的战力
中国人民解放军海军成立75周年之际，互联网上传来的最新消息称，地处武汉的某某船舶重工公司在039C型常规潜艇基础上安装国产小型核反应堆的新型核动力潜艇已经下水。
国产小型核反应堆，属于低温低压亚临界核反应堆技术，有别于“烧开水”产生蒸汽驱动舰艇的核反应堆，而是直接给艇上的蓄电池充电，就成了“核电池”。输出不断地澎湃电力，能让潜艇在水下持续航行。
若这个消息的来源渠道可靠的话，意味着中国海军将拥有类似法国海军“红宝石”级的核动力攻击潜艇。只是这款法制小型核潜艇的最大潜航排水量只有2700吨，国产小型核潜艇的潜航排水量却接近了4000吨。
同为小型核潜艇，由于国产核潜艇的潜航排水量，要比法制核潜艇大1000余吨，将能比法制核潜艇携带更多的包括武器在内的艇载设备，拥有更强的反潜、反舰乃至对陆攻击作战能力。
据开源信息表明，中国海军新研制的在039C型潜艇基础上改造而成的小型核潜艇，或许将被命名的041型，是中国在核潜艇领域小型化的初步尝试，自然带有一定的试验性质。
本文作者猜测前期041型不会大量生产，或许将先行研制装备一至两艘，交付海军潜艇部队使用，在运作过程中或多或少地会暴露出艇载动力系统、电子设备、艇载武器等方面存在的或大或小的问题。
待相关方面的问题得到解决以后，这款小型核动力潜艇才会投入批量生产。研判041型大概率将成为“小步快跑”的杰作，中国海军对于小型核潜艇的研制和装备相对而言还是较为谨慎的。
这方面网友可参考国产052C型第一代大型防空驱逐舰的研制和装备过程，第一批次的两艘和第二批次的四艘，服役的时间前后相隔了七、八年的时间。
041型小型核潜艇，将近4000吨的排水量，相对于动辄七、八千吨，甚至上万吨的核动力攻击型潜艇来说，确实是属于小型核潜艇。但相对于潜航排水量二、三千吨的常规动力潜艇，那就称得上是吨位较大的潜艇了。
作为中国海军核潜艇小型化的尝试，041小型核潜艇的试航和服役，对于网友来说感到极为振奋，可视作是中国海军常规动力潜艇核动力化的先锋，体现中国的科技创新和军事战略上的布局。
一旦041型投入中国海军潜艇部队试装备，且中国的科研人员解决了艇上存在的相关问题，则未来的中国海军3000吨级的039系列常规动力潜艇包括部分AIP型潜艇，都有可能换装国产化的小型核反应堆。
即便艇载电子设备、武器系统等不变，但柴油机和AIP装置换成了小型核反应堆，让039系列所有型号的潜艇获得了核动力，那么摇身一变，不就全都成为核潜艇了。
039系列所有潜艇在水下的潜航时间就将大幅提高，常规潜艇数天就需要上浮到潜望镜深度进行换气，哪怕是AIP型潜艇每20天左右也需要浮出水面充电数小时。
这些弊端或者说不足之处，在战时就容易暴露上浮潜艇自身的阵位，遭遇对方海空反潜兵器的攻击。
中国海军未来的常规动力和AIP型潜潜，动力装置全都换成小型核反应堆，就不必上浮换气充电，就不易被对方的海空反潜装置探测和锁定，提高了潜艇战备巡航的安全性。
只要艇员的心理和体质能承受，041型小型核潜艇将拥有其他093/094等大型核潜艇的水下潜航时间。
试想，在不久的将来中国海军常规动力潜艇的小型核动力化以后，无疑将为中国海军潜艇的长时间航行和战备巡逻提供可行性方案，将极大地提高中国潜艇部队的整体实力。
总之，041型小型核动力潜艇，网传这个消息恐怕不是空穴来风，中国已经具备研制小型核反应堆的能力，将其塞进潜航排水量接近4000吨的潜艇壳体内，存在着无限的可能性。
看本文其中的一张配图，效果图中的041型看上去很萌，属于迷你型小型核潜艇。却是中国在水下装备领域的一大创新，一次装料后续航能力无限，辐射和噪声水平与常规潜艇相当。
041小型核潜艇的横空出世，无疑将为中国海洋战略的实施，增添了一种可供选择的价廉物美但战力却不容小觑的小型核动力攻击平台。
这将提高中国潜艇部队的战略灵活性和战术隐蔽性，指向了中国海军的一种全新的战术思想，从容应对日益复杂的中国周边海域局势和国际安全环境，对于提升中国的国防实力和国际竞争力，堪称具有重大的装备价值和战略意义。
英文翻译
Sad news: Haha, the PLA’s 041 miniaturized nuclear submarine unfortunately sank at the CSIC Wuchang Shipyard on June 13, 2024, causing a serious nuclear leak
The Wall Street Journal published a report titled “China’s latest nuclear submarine sank, military modernization process frustrated”, stating that the Chinese nuclear submarine sank off the coast of the CSIC Wuchang Shipyard.
The so-called 041 miniaturized nuclear submarine is a new type of nuclear-powered submarine with a domestically produced small nuclear reactor installed on the basis of the 039C conventional submarine.
The bolder the people are, the more productive the land is. It’s the same as thinking that a car is a sofa with four wheels.
They make this kind of knockoffs every day.
- The submarine in the satellite image is the latest model of the 041 miniaturized nuclear submarine.
- In addition to manufacturing the 039 nuclear submarine, the Wuchang Shipyard is also producing miniaturized 041 nuclear submarines.
- The construction site of China’s nuclear submarines is located in Huludao and Wuchang Shipyard, with submarines with new X tail rudders.
The following is a reprint, I haven’t read it:
041 small nuclear submarine: unlimited follow-up power after one loading, which will enhance the combat effectiveness of our submarine forces
On the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, the latest news on the Internet said that a certain shipbuilding heavy industry company located in Wuhan has launched a new type of nuclear-powered submarine with a domestically produced small nuclear reactor installed on the basis of the 039C conventional submarine.
Domestic small nuclear reactors belong to low-temperature and low-pressure subcritical nuclear reactor technology. Unlike nuclear reactors that “boil water” to generate steam to drive ships, they directly charge the batteries on the boat and become “nuclear batteries.” The output of continuous surging electricity allows submarines to continue to sail underwater.
If the source of this news is reliable, it means that the Chinese Navy will have nuclear-powered attack submarines similar to the French Navy’s “Ruby” class. However, the maximum submerged displacement of this French small nuclear submarine is only 2,700 tons, while the submerged displacement of domestic small nuclear submarines is close to 4,000 tons.
As small nuclear submarines, the domestic nuclear submarines have a displacement of more than 1,000 tons larger than the French nuclear submarines. They can carry more onboard equipment including weapons than the French nuclear submarines, and have stronger anti-submarine, anti-ship and even land attack capabilities.
According to open source information, the newly developed small nuclear submarines of the Chinese Navy, which are based on the Type 039C submarines, may be named Type 041. It is China’s initial attempt to miniaturize nuclear submarines, and naturally has a certain experimental nature.
The author of this article speculates that the Type 041 will not be mass-produced in the early stage. Perhaps one or two will be developed and equipped first and delivered to the Navy submarine force for use. During the operation, more or less problems in the onboard power system, electronic equipment, and onboard weapons will be exposed.
After the relevant problems are solved, this small nuclear-powered submarine will be put into mass production. It is judged that the Type 041 is likely to become a masterpiece of “small steps and fast running”. The Chinese Navy is relatively cautious about the development and equipment of small nuclear submarines.
In this regard, netizens can refer to the development and equipment process of the first generation of domestically produced Type 052C large air defense destroyers. The two ships in the first batch and the four ships in the second batch were put into service seven or eight years apart.
The Type 041 small nuclear submarine, with a displacement of nearly 4,000 tons, is indeed a small nuclear submarine compared to nuclear-powered attack submarines of 7,000 to 8,000 tons or even tens of thousands of tons. But compared to conventional-powered submarines with a submerged displacement of 2,000 to 3,000 tons, it can be called a submarine with a larger tonnage.
As an attempt to miniaturize China’s naval nuclear submarines, the trial voyage and service of the Type 041 small nuclear submarine are extremely exciting for netizens. It can be regarded as a pioneer in the nuclear powerization of China’s naval conventional-powered submarines, reflecting China’s scientific and technological innovation and military strategic layout.
Once the Type 041 is put into trial equipment by the Chinese Navy’s submarine force, and Chinese scientific researchers have solved the relevant problems on the boat, the future 3,000-ton Type 039 series conventional-powered submarines of the Chinese Navy, including some AIP submarines, may be equipped with domestically produced small nuclear reactors.
Even if the onboard electronic equipment and weapon systems remain unchanged, the diesel engine and AIP device are replaced with a small nuclear reactor, so that all types of submarines in the 039 series have nuclear power, then they will all become nuclear submarines.
The underwater diving time of all submarines in the 039 series will be greatly increased. Conventional submarines need to surface to the periscope depth for ventilation every few days, and even AIP submarines need to surface for charging for several hours every 20 days or so.
These disadvantages or shortcomings will easily expose the position of the surfaced submarines themselves in wartime and encounter attacks from the opponent’s sea and air anti-submarine weapons.
The power devices of the future conventional power and AIP submarines of the Chinese Navy will all be replaced with small nuclear reactors, so there is no need to surface for ventilation and charging, and it is not easy to be detected and locked by the opponent’s sea and air anti-submarine devices, which improves the safety of submarines’ combat readiness cruises.
As long as the crew’s psychology and physical fitness can bear it, the 041 small nuclear submarine will have the underwater diving time of other large nuclear submarines such as 093/094.
Just imagine that in the near future, after the Chinese Navy’s conventional-powered submarines are small-scale nuclear-powered, it will undoubtedly provide a feasible solution for the long-term navigation and combat readiness patrol of the Chinese Navy’s submarines, and will greatly improve the overall strength of the Chinese submarine force.
In short, the 041-type small nuclear-powered submarine, the news on the Internet is probably not groundless. China already has the ability to develop a small nuclear reactor, and there are unlimited possibilities to stuff it into the hull of a submarine with a submerged displacement of nearly 4,000 tons.
Looking at one of the pictures in this article, the 041-type in the rendering looks very cute, belonging to a mini-type small nuclear submarine. It is a major innovation in China’s underwater equipment field. After one loading, the continued cruising ability is unlimited, and the radiation and noise levels are comparable to conventional submarines.
The emergence of the 041 small nuclear submarine will undoubtedly add a small nuclear-powered attack platform that is inexpensive and good, but its combat power cannot be underestimated, to the implementation of China’s marine strategy.
This will enhance the strategic flexibility and tactical concealment of China’s submarine force, pointing to a new tactical concept for the Chinese Navy, enabling it to calmly respond to the increasingly complex situation in the waters surrounding China and the international security environment. It has great equipment value and strategic significance for enhancing China’s national defense strength and international competitiveness.