Reply With QuotePLAN 'Xia' class type 092/092G SSBN
The single Xia class SSBN (Type 092G/09II, 6,500t dived) was back into the sea after a 3-year long refit. This modernization project included a new black paint, a new bow mounted sonar (H/SQG-262B), a redesigned casing housing longer missile launch tubes, plus upgraded combat control systems for launching new SLBMs. Initially armed with 12 JL-1 (CSS-N-3) SLBMs (inertial guidance to 1,700km with a single 1.25MT nuclear warhead), it is now believed to carry the new JL-2 SLBMs (CSS-NX-4, with 3 or 4 MIRV at 90kT each, range 8,000km). For years Xia 406 has been PLAN's sole nuclear deterrence force, which appears limited and ineffective (although it was rumored that a 2nd boat was built but this was never confirmed). This reality suggests serious problems of the 092/JL-1 design and the submarine never entered series production. Instead it has become a valuable testbed for PLAN to shape its tactics and strategies for modern SSBN warfare since the first successful test fire of JL-1 SLBM in 1988. The latest news suggested that a JL-2 SLBM was successfully test-fired from 406 on June 16, 2005.
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Specifications, Xia 406, Type 092/Xia class:
Displacement (srf/sub tons): unknown /6,500
Dimensions (L*B*D feet): 393'6*33'0*26'2
Propulsion: nuclear, turbo-electric,1*Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) 90MV, one screw
Speed (sub knots): 20
Range (srf/sub miles@knots): not relevant
Diving depth (feet): 985
Complement: 140 officers and enlisted
Missile: 12*SLBM (Submarine Launch Ballistic Missile) located aft of the fin structure capable of launching JL-1 (Ju Lang 1) western designation CSS-N-3,(1,160 n/miles single warhead 250kT)
Torpedo: 6*21" (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes for Yu-3
Armament: none
Mines: none
Construction
Built by Huludao Shipyard, laid down in 1978; launched April 30, 1981 and commissioned in 1987.
Originally Posted by Xav
