配备拖曳阵列声纳的新型中国常规潜艇
最近在社交媒体论坛上发布的中国最新潜艇的高分辨率照片
似乎证实该船配备了可卷曲的被动拖曳阵列声纳，这是对之前的 039B 型（元）级的重大改进。
这艘潜艇，正如 Janes 先前报道的那样，其尾翼形状异常，类似于 Saab Kockums A26 上的尾翼，
5月初在武汉武昌造船厂首次拍摄
随后在上海申家船厂，它于 6 月 20 日抵达。
The most recent photographs show clearly that,
compared with the Type 039B, the length of the flat part of the submarine’s casing, above the pressure hull,
has been extended further aft and that the fixed segment above the upper rudder has been enlarged.
These changes would facilitate the installation of a winch drum under the casing,
together with a payout tube to dispense the array and tow cable through a bell mouth above the rudder.