09III/09IV (093/094) Nuclear Submarine Thread

Lethe

Captain
15? .. I counted only 12? (2+4 093x and 6 094x), what are the other 3 ?

The report says that 12 nuclear submarines have been constructed in recent years, but China has 15 operational nuclear submarines in total, the remaining three being the later members of the 09I series.
 

by78

General
A few more high-resolution images...

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Hendrik_2000

Lieutenant General
I guess this is the 2nd test for JL3 I can't wait until this baby entered the service. this event is more important than CV17 or CV18. both test are successful
Here is the dramatic launch video from Oedo
A mysterious flying object taken at Taizan today morning. It seems that the PLA navy tests submarine-launched ballistic missiles in the Bohai Sea
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Here is the first test
China Flight Tests New Submarine-Launched Missile: First flight of JL-3 nuclear missile conducted in November (excerpt)
(Source: Free Beacon; posted Dec 18, 2018)

China carried out a flight test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile last month that will carry multiple nuclear warheads capable of targeting most of the United States, according to American defense officials.

The launch in late November was the first time the Chinese military flight tested the Julong-3, or JL-3 missile that will be deployed with the next generation of ballistic missile submarines, said officials familiar with the test who said it appeared successful. Julong is Chinese for Big Wave.

The test was closely monitored by U.S. intelligence agencies that detected the launch with missile warning satellites.

No additional details of the flight test could be learned. Pentagon spokesmen declined to comment. "The Pentagon will not comment on the intelligence related to Chinese missile tests," said Lt. Col. Chris Logan, one of the spokesmen.

China's missile force announced, without elaborating, that five missile flight tests were conducted between Nov. 20 and 23. (end of excerpt)
 

gelgoog

Brigadier
Registered Member
Wikipedia claims the JL-3 is a sea version of the DF-41 ICBM. But I wonder if it isn't a sea version of the DF-31AG instead.
I say this because the DF-41 missile is just simply too long at 21 meters compared with other SLBMs. It would be hard to fit into a regular SSBN.
 

Lethe

Captain
Probably means the same thing, i.e. JL-3 using DF-41-level tech, same as DF-31AG.

Also the quality of recent imagery is stunning, which lends credence to successor designs being imminent...
 

Tirdent

Junior Member
Registered Member
RT-23 & R-39, for example. Common first stage design, many shared technologies throughout but as enormous as the R-39 was, it was still a good bit shorter & lighter over all.
 
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