Completes Deployment of Six Type- 096 Nuclear Submarine with JL-3 SLBMs

Type-096

Type-096 Qin class nuclear-submarine began to be formally commissioned in July 2008. It carries 24 JL-3 SLBMs with a range of 15,000 km and MIRVs.
JL-3 SLBM is the submarine version of DF-41 land-based ICBM.
DF-41 can have 10 MIRVs but JL-3 seems to carry less MIRVs as the report says the 24 SLBMs can hit at lease 64 targets simultaneously.
As a result, a Type-096’s fire power is equivalent to that of six 094 Jin class strategic SLBM submarines.
Moreover, installed with an anti-satellite device, a JL-3 can hit an enemy satellite.
A Type-096 submarine has a maximum displacement of 10,000 tons and is said to be rival to US Ohio class nuclear-submarine characterized by low noise, high undetectability and maneuverability, great survival ability and long-range attack capability.
Recently, there has been media report that a Type-096 submarine launched a JL-3 SLBM from the Yellow Sea and successfully hit its target in Gobi Desert 8,000 kilometers away.
In an interview with an international media, a US military officer said that it was quite probable that China has completed its deployment of six Type-096 submarines to have the capability of nuclear strike covering Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. .
Source: huanqiu.com “China’s deployment of six Type-096 nuclear submarines armed with JL-3 SLBMs gives rise to great panic in Japan”