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Fish Type 9 (Yu-9)

In 2012, the domestic fish 9 multi-purpose torpedo was born. Various media speculated that China's new generation of torpedo system consists of fish-9 heavy torpedo, fish-10 heavy torpedo, fish-11 advanced light torpedo and fish-12). These torpedoes have been in a state of high confidentiality as the main weapon of Chinese submarine, and there is very little public information to disclose specific performance.

In the submarine exercise publicly reported in March 2018, when the personnel on the submarine responded, they replied: No. 1 and No. 2 were ready to launch the fish 9 torpedo. This shows that the fish 9 has not only been developed, but has been put into the military for formal training. After that, the picture of the control of the torpedo in the cabin was also released in real time. This fish 9 is widely considered to be a multi-purpose heavy torpedo newly developed in China. It is said to be very advanced, and it is completely inconsistent with many advanced torpedoes in the world. It is also a great progress in the technology of submarines in China.

However, there is also reporting that this fish 9 is actually a light torpedo, similar to the US MK50. How exactly, because this technology is relatively confidential, there is no detailed data, so it is difficult to carry out detailed analysis. It is reported that China may use this technology to conduct research on new anti-torpedo (ATT) technology. This technology is also very important for the submarine. It can be said that it is a life-saving equipment at a critical moment. After all, the underwater submarine has no anti-missile. If there is no anti-torpedo, it will be streaking and it will be hit.