![]() and Russian submarines, meaning it may be particularly susceptible to sonar detection. military bases in the Pacific dubbed the First Island Chain-exposing the subs to detection and attack by P-8 patrol planes, attack submarines, surface warships, and other undersea reconnaissance capabilities.įurthermore, the Type 094 has been assessed as being over two orders of magnitude noisier than top U.S. The PLAN also operates a conventionally-powered Type 032 submarine with two missile tubes for testing.Įach JL-2 missile can be armed with either a single megaton-yield warhead 67 times more powerful than the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima-or three to eight smaller nukes (MIRVs) that can each strike different targets.īut to enter striking distance of the continental United States, the Jin-class submarines would have to slip past a cordon of U.S. ![]() Two additional improved Type 094A submarines with sixteen launch tubes each reportedly joined the force in 2020. Department of Defense Image.Ĭhina’s four Type 094 Jin-class SSBNs, based on Hainan island in the South China Sea, can carry up to twelve 13-meter-long JL-2 missiles with a range of 4,500 miles. maneuver of the PLA Navy in a hypothetical conflict. military bases in the Pacific along the First Island Chain could constrain the freedom of.
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