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The Type 035 submarine (NATO reporting name: Ming-class) is a class of diesel-electric submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The Type 035 is a heavily improved redesign of the older Type 033 ''Romeo''-class submarine, which were built in China from 1962 to 1984. ==Background== In 1963, under the 1950 Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance, the Soviet Union passed to China the necessary design details in order to produce Romeo-class submarines.〔Korabli VMF SSSR, Vol. 1, Part 2, Yu. Apalkov, Sankt Peterburg, 2003, ISBN 5-8172-0072-4〕 The Chinese variant became known as the Type 033 ''Romeo''-class, of which China built a total of 84 between 1962 and 1984. During 1970s, China's ambition to create an indigenous submarine industry lead to the commissioning of Wuhan Ship Development and Design Institute (701 Institute) to design and build an improved submarine based on the Type 033 hull, named the Type 035 Ming-class.〔(Type 035 submarine (in Chinese) ), haijun360.com, Retrieved 1 May 2015〕 Two Type 035 boats were complete by 1974.〔 Yet further improvements were deemed necessary and by the early 1980s a new and improved design, named the Type 035A Ming-class were produced.〔 The first of these improved "A" models entered service in 1982, with three more under construction.〔 The latter three boats were completed and commissioned by 1990.〔 The Type 035G Ming-class is the most numerous variant. A total of 12 were built and commissioned between 1990 and 1999.〔 They were built with further improvements, especially in terms of noise reduction, weapons, sensors and crew living standards. The PLAN refer to this sub-class as, "new wine in an old bottle". Two boats of the Type 035A were upgraded to same standard as the Type 035G. The most modern design variant is the Type 035B Ming-class, which features a redesigned conning tower and portions of the hull, giving it a very similar appearance to the newer Type 039 submarines. Type 035B are capable of launching land attack cruise missile from their torpedo tubes. A total of four boats were commissioned between 2000 and 2003.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Type 035 submarine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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