From the War Zone: "China’s Mysterious Submarine-Ship Hybrid Breaks Cover". The craft it a trimaran with a long and large central hull, and two smaller hulls near the back of the craft which resemble nacelles on a science fiction spacecraft. It is believed to be a submarine-ship hybrid, capable of either partial or fully submerged travel, because it has design features of both submarines and surface vessels. "The overall design, as well as features like the depth marks on the sail and elsewhere on the hull, point to it being a hybrid submersible/surface craft, which would offer the benefits of stealth when submerged and relatively efficient travel while surfaced."
In terms of its purpose, one of the most persistent theories is that it’s an arsenal ship.
For some years now, there have been rumors that China is developing a vessel of this kind. The idea would be to have an uncrewed, hard-to-detect vessel that could emerge to launch its missiles (land attack and/or anti-ship) before disappearing below the waves.
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