Class profile
KILO CLASS
China - Conventional Attack Submarine
Class facts
Country
China
Type
Conventional Attack Submarine
Length
70 m
Displacement
2325 t
Speed
20 kn
Public ships
0
Public description
The Kilo class submarines are Russian-built diesel-electric boats acquired to improve the PLAN's quiet conventional submarine and anti-surface strike capability. They are associated with heavyweight torpedoes and, in some variants, submarine-launched anti-ship missiles. The class remains relevant as an imported capability layer, though newer Yuan-class boats now define China's domestic conventional submarine force.
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Equipment summary
Weapon
Submarine heavyweight torpedo
Submarine-launched anti-ship missile
secondary
Sensor
Submarine sonar suite
Propulsion
Diesel-electric propulsion