Type-64 Attack Submarine
 Type-64 Tíburo Neige SSN
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Type-64 |
| Builders: | Marivál Shipbuilding |
| Operators: |
 Inyurstan Navy |
| In commission: | 14 September, 2001 |
| Completed: | 23 |
| Active: | 21 |
| Lost: | 0 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Nuclear Attack Submarine |
| Propulsion: | Pump-Jet Propulsor |
| Speed: |
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| Endurance: | Limited only by supplies |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Armament: |
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The Type-64 Tíburo Neige (English: "Black Shark") is a heavy nuclear fast-attack submarine in service with the Inyurstan Navy. It is designed and operated with the goal of harassing heavily defended enemy naval assets.
Design
Stealth
Coating the outside of the submarine is a mold-in-place anechoic coating. By covering large sections of the hull at once, the coating creates a more uniform smoothness compared to anechoic tiles, thus reducing passive sonar signature while in motion. Further quiet operation when in motion is achieved through the use of a pump-jet propulsor in place of a traditional rotor. All on-board equipment is seated in ballistic rubber to reduce operating noise. Compared to the smaller Type-60 Attack Submarine, the Tíburo Neige has just below double the built-in electromagnets which serve to offset the vessels electromagnetic signature.
Stealthy weapons launched are achieved via a water ram expulsion system which muffles the sound of non-super-cavitating torpedo launches from the tubes.
Armament
The primary armament of the Tiburo Neige is the Pu-98 Arraia torpedo, an advanced long-range heavyweight torpedo with a variety of attack modes. A last-ditch, short-range option is the Pu-102 Grítonéa Supercavitating Torpedo. Inyurstan for "screamer" the torpedo is...
Specially-designed SSU-10 VLS cells carry the SSM-4W Leviathan Anti-Ship Missile, a supersonic sea-skimming anti-ship missile. This addition extends the the range for which the Type-64 can attack enemy surface ships, though poses greater risk of revealing their position compared to