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I suppose so, I don't dispute it. My point is these are paper boats right now, so any comparison will be quite useless.
I'm going by what the USN ONI has revealed, nothing else.
For example, the Type 093 is well known to not cross the 300m limit. That's 70s tech. You are going to have to go lower if you want to blend in with background noise, or else you are going to be detectable. Otoh, the Akula II that we operate hits 600m on a good day. So you can't compare the Type 093 to even the Akula 1. That's why the comparison with Delta III which manages 320m on a good day. So, as far as ONI is concerned, their comparison with the Delta III is accurate. The Type 094 is also no better than the Type 093.
The ONI has revealed only about noise levels compared to Russian and American subs, there was nothing about Arihant though..
Actually you are wrong, 093 can only submerge for 50 meters according to open sources.
OOO wait India doesn't have a SSN. It just rented ONE SSN.
Noooo, we can only dive 50 meters. Please tell the Indians the truth. Funny how we don't even have to spy on India and they will even declare to you what their submarine is capable of in diving depth. These jokers.According to the Chinese source, the depth of the Type 093 is about 400 meters.
http://www.sohu.com/a/109751323_131512
I don't doubt these sources, since it is identical to what I read in the navy book in China. The Type 091/092 can dive to 300 meters which is well known among many old school military fans in China.
The Russian subs were well known for its capability of diving deep, even the most powerful US subs like Seawolf cannot match these extraordinary capability.
Overall, China's territorial water is not very deep, except in the SCS. So China didn't spend too much resources on the depth capability of its previous generation submarine. I think the Type 093 is more suitable to compare with the LA class. All the specs between these two subs are very similar.