Google Earth has been known for turning up some strange and funny images in the past, but this one might just be a bit unnerving and could be downright scary.
Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), found this image of a new nuclear submarine at the Xiaopingdao base near Dalian. The image was photographed by the commercial Quickbird satellite in late 2006. The image is apparently of the new Type 094 Jin-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine.
The Jin-class is about 35 feet longer than the Xia-class SSBN, “primarily due to an extended mid-section of approximately 115 feet (35 meters) that houses the missile launch tubes and part of the reactor compartment,” said the report by the FAS.
The extended section is to make room for the larger Julang-2 ballistic missile and may also be due to the size of the reactor.
Comment by Allsux
1 7/12/2007, 1:58 am o'clock |
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