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The chinese designation for type 091 is 09-I. for type 093 is 09-III. Now what does that tells you?
An hint it is a modification on 091. Not a new family. You can forget about rival the US subs for the next 3-4 decades. You will be lucky to have something approaching their current subs by then.
According to the official statement, the Type 093 SSN is overall close to the improved 688 subclass SSN.
And the Type 091 has two subclasses, the original Type 091 subclass and the 1990s improved Type 091G subclass.
Meanwhile the Type 091G has humiliated the Los Angeles class in an underwater encounter back in 2005.
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