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Your kilo is the Outdated one, without
AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) Technology.
Every latest Modern Subs today, have AIP Technology.
Quiet and Deadly
S-26T AIP Subs Thailand will bully your outdated kilo in the middle of ocean.
ADVANTAGES OF A.I.P
The use of AIP on a diesel-electric submarine, greatly increases their underwater endurance, allowing them to continuously stay submerged for weeks without surfacing. Although the submarine eventually needs to surface to charge its batteries and their endurance is nowhere on-par with nuclear powered submarines, the vast increase in endurance offered by AIP gives them an advantage over non AIP equipped diesel-electric submarines.
In April 2006, a German Navy submarine U-32, equipped with a Siemens proton exchange membrane (PEM) compressed hydrogen
fuel cell AIP, made a
2800 km uninterrupted underwater journey without surfacing/snorkeling!
This is in stark contrast to non-AIP equipped submarines which can cover only 500-800 km before they have to surface and recharge their batteries by running noisy diesel generators. Comparatively, a
nuclear-powered submarine has
unlimited underwater endurance!
Again in
2013,
U-32 set a record by traveling underwater continuously for
18 days without surfacing! Comparatively, a non-AIP diesel sub has an underwater endurance of just 4-6 days before it has to surface.
This shows that AIP-equipped diesel-electric submarines are far more capable than their non-AIP equipped counterparts when it comes to endurance.
AIP Usage Around The World
As of 2016, the following countries have developed their own AIP systems to be fitted on submarines.
- Germany – Fuel Cell
- Sweden – Stirling
- Japan – Stirling
- France – MESMA
- Spain – Fuel Cell
- India – Fuel Cell
- Russia – Fuel Cell
- People’s Republic of China – Stirling