China's New type 096 nuclear submarine renders the Australian Virginia Class Submarine Program obsolete. Tim Tufuga
The AUKUS Virginia Class submarine is especially designed to hunt the Chinese Ballistic Submarine known as the Type 096 SSBN. However, the Type 096 has superior non detection technology with a very quiet Electric Pump Thruster for near silent propulsion underwater.travelling a siginficant speed but more importantly has made the Virginia Class Attack Submarines obsolete with their inability to detect the Type 096 especially since the Type096 can dive even deeper twice the depth of any atttack Submarine within the US or any other Naval Subamrine fleet at a depth of 800 metres. The Virginia Class maximum depth is 240metres to an alleged depth of 490metres. The Type 096 can dive to 800 metres which means that it will almost be impossible for the Virginia Class SSN to detect the Type 096 SSBN, let alone destroy a Type 096 SSBN, by a Virginia Class Attack Submarine. Therefore, the only rational purpose for acquiring an Australian Virginia Class Submarine would be for the purpose of the Nav...