Some sources report also a sub-variant, the Type 092G, consisting of a pair of boats.Ĭhina operates also a sole boat of the Type 032 “Qing” class, a diesel-electric submarine currently as a missile-firing testbed for the People’s Liberation Army Navy. The Chinese ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) fleet consists of at least four (and possibly as many as six) Jin class (Type 094/094A) SSBNs, as well as the sole Xia class (Type 092) SSBN. People’s Liberation Army Navy Type 094 missile submarine. It is reported that the Sineva missiles have been upgraded to the new Layner standard, a highly advanced derivative of the Sineva, which carries up to 12 MIRVs (warheads can be of a mixed set with various yields).
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The seven Delta III/IV SSBNs carry 16 of the older Sineva SLBMs, which each carry four to eight MIRV in a range of up to 5,100 miles with a full payload.
With an estimated submerged displacement of more than 48,000 tons, Typhoon class boats have more than twice the total displacement of the American Ohios, yet carry four fewer missiles.īorei I/II SSBNs carry 16 Bulava SLBMs, the most expensive weapon project in Russia, each with a range of approximately 6,200 miles and armed with six to ten MIRVs. Donskoy operates as a test missile platform for the new Bulava SLBM. The Russian Navy deploys a ballistic missile submarine fleet consisting of four 24,000-ton Borei I class SSBNs (the fourth vessel and lead ship of the Borei II class, Knyaz Vladimir, is scheduled to enter service this year), six 18,200-ton Delta IV class SSBNs, one recently overhauled Delta III class SSBN ( Ryazan), and the last of the largest submarine class ever built, the giant Typhoon class Dmitriy Donskoy (TK-208). Yuri Dolgoruky, a Russian Borei-class ballistic missile submarine.
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