New Chinese submarine-launched ballistic missile spotted on test in the Bohai Bay
New Chinese submarine-launched ballistic missile spotted on test in the Bohai Bay
By: Defense Blog - 6-2-19 RE: https://defence-blog.com/news/new-ch...bohai-bay.html Photo link: https://defence-blog.com/wp-content/...r-1024x683.jpg 1st. Chinese Video link: https://twitter.com/i/status/1135115866352304130 2nd Chinese Video link: https://youtu.be/gMBmb911NK0 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy successfully tested its next-generation of a submarine-launched ballistic missile on 2 June. According to several media reports, the Chinese navy launched a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), allegedly JL-3, in the Bohai Bay near the Shandong Peninsula at 4 hours 28 minutes in the morning on June 2, 2019. Tests of the new Chinese SLBM were spotted by numerous witnesses and fishermen. The JL-3 third-generation solid-fuelled missile, which must be used to equip the next-generation Chinese nuclear missile submarines, has an intercontinental range (up to 12-14 thousand km) and is capable of carrying up to ten independent warheads. Earlier, the Maritime Security Administration of Liaoning Province issued a navigation warning about the closing of the maritime zone for “military exercises” in the Bohai Bay area on June 2, 2019. According to Jane’s Missiles & Rockets, the JL-3 SLBM is intended to arm the next-generation Type 096 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) class, the first of which is expected to enter service in the late 2020s. The JL or Julang series – meaning “big wave” in Chinese – are intercontinental ballistic missiles designed for China’s nuclear-powered submarines, as part of the People’s Liberation Army strategy to extend the country’s nuclear deterrent capabilities from land to sea. |
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