October 4 Local time, The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ' Black Dragon ' class submarine No. 11th "huang long" in the Mitsubishi Heavy industry, Kobe Shipyard held a launching Ceremony. Japan's Latest ' Black Dragon ' class submarine No. 11th ' Huang Long ', The submarine is the World's first use of lithium-ion batteries as the power of the actual combat submarine.
Japan's "china news" reported that October 4, local time, "huang long" in the Mitsubishi Heavy industry, Kobe Shipyard launch ceremony, the Japanese maritime chief of Staff Muraka Murakawa presided over the Ceremony.
Replacing Lead-acid battery with lithium ion Compared with the top 10 ' black dragon ' submarines, The biggest difference is the use of lithium-ion batteries instead of Lead-acid batteries, as well as the World's first submarine using the Battery. According to public information, The energy density of Li-ion battery is several times higher than that of Lead-acid battery, and the same volume lithium-ion battery charge more than 3 times times more than lead Acid.
In the same volume, both to reduce the weight and increase the power of the submarine, this feature makes it particularly suitable for use on submarines, to increase the total energy of Submarines. The Power battery is the power source of the conventional submarine underwater, and the performance has a direct impact on the Submarine's combat effectiveness.
The analysis indicates that the ' Huang Long ' submarine will be able to increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, and the underwater endurance and quiet would be further improved, and the comprehensive combat capability would be stronger. The ' Huang Long ' submarine is also tasked with the exploration of the Lithium-ion battery test for the next generation of submarines in Japan.
Japan called the Next-generation submarine a ' sub-generational ', which was built in 2017 and is scheduled to launch in 2021, and the submarine will also use Lithium-ion Batteries. The ' Black Dragon ' class submarine is Japan's Second World War after the construction of the largest displacement submarine, underwater displacement reached about 4200 tons, in terms of power, ' Black Dragon ' class submarine using the Stirling AIP engine, can sail underwater for two weeks, water maximum speed 13 knots, snorkeling speed of 20 knots,
The underwater life time is about 5 times times higher than the conventional submarine without the AIP system, which has a strong concealment. The ' Black Dragon ' configuration in weapons is ' luxury ', equipped with advanced integrated Sonar systems, command and control systems, and shipboard Weapons. The submarine is equipped with 6 533 mm torpedo tubes that can launch not only the 89-type heavy-duty torpedo developed by japan, but also the us-developed ' Harpoon ' submarine-launched anti-ship missile, which can carry a total of 20 torpedoes or Missiles.
In addition, the submarine also has the ability to deploy mines to prevent enemies from entering specific Areas. It is reported that Japan's first ' Black Dragon ' class submarine since the launch in 2007, has maintained a yearly construction of the water speed, the submarine master plan to build 12, respectively, by the Kawasaki heavy industry and Mitsubishi Heavy industry Construction. November 6 last year, Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industry for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces built by the tenth ' Black Dragon ' class submarine held a launching ceremony. 360 people from Japan's Ministry of Defense and other departments attended the launching ceremony held in Bingku County Kobe, japan, and the Minister of Defense of Japan Fordandav on-site read out the defense Minister Onodera Five canon named the boat "xiang long" name of the Book.
It is expected that the ' Xianglong ' submarine will be delivered to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in March 2019.
Submarine arms expansion plan to be completed soon After decades of construction, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces have an underwater force that cannot be underestimated.
According to the latest information, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force currently has 20 submarines, including 9 ' Black dragon ' and 11 ' pro-tidal ' Levels. according to the ' Black Dragon ' class submarine construction plan, there will be 5 of these submarines in active service since 2019. Japan's Defense Ministry in 2010 amended the outline of the defense plan, in particular, called for the Maritime Self-Defense Force of the 16 submarines to the conventional system to increase to 22. In order to achieve this goal, the defense province to promote the construction of the ' Black Dragon ' new submarine, while delaying the existing ' Pro-tidal ' class submarine decommissioning time, the original practice service 18 years of decommissioning to 24.
"huang long" is expected to serve in 2020 years, when Japan will reach 22 ships. The U.S. National interest magazine earlier published that Japan's Maritime Self-Defense forces are Asia's strongest maritime force.
Japan is building a fleet of 22 submarines to counter the rising Chinese navy. As the size of the Japanese submarine expands, the trend of its involvement in the region is also emerging. Japan's Defense Ministry September 17 said the Japanese submarine on September 13 for the first military exercises in the South China sea, after the completion of the exercise arrived in Vietnam Cam Ranh Bay Visit.
The submarine to the South China Sea is a ' pro-tidal ' level ' Kuroshio ', according to news released by the Japanese defense ministry. the submarine and the 3 surface fleet of the ' Kaga ' ' Quasi-aircraft carrier ' carry out a joint exercise on the anti-submarine Theme. Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces are extremely secretive about submarine operations, with little disclosure of information on submarine operations, in addition to information on long-term training sent to Hawaii.
This announcement of the dispatch of submarines to the South China Sea is very rare. The Japanese Defense Ministry secretly dispatched a Marine Self-Defense Force submarine to the South China sea, which was said to be ' intended to contain China '. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang September 17 urged the extraterritorial countries to act cautiously, not to harm the peace and stability of the Region. Japan's top officials, including Prime Minister Shinzo abe, have been keen to downplay the impression on China. On 17th in the Asahi television program, Abe explained that the purpose of the training was ' to seek greater proficiency '.
He stressed that training is also unfolding in other areas, ' not a particular country '. Japan made the World's first Real-life submarine with lithium-ion battery as power
