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| Chinese Type 094 Submarine (File Photo) |
The People's Liberation Army Navy has successfully completed its first organized tests of China's new generation of nuclear submarines, reports the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.
The high-pressure tests were reportedly completed by a special research unit inside the PLA Navy which has been responsible for testing almost all of the China's modern underwater and submarine systems.
"Our country's new generation of underwater weapons and equipment carries the dream of a powerful national military," said Fei Zhigang, director of the research unit. "No matter how much risk it puts us under, it's worth it!"
The research unit was said to have conducted several hundred tests in an unspecified section of the South China Sea, including maiden tests for more than a dozen domestic submarine combat systems.
Read the full story at Want China Times