Chinese naval forces state-of-the-art nuclear submarine and a new photograph publish in the military information site.

It is on Chinese military information special site [sinodefence.com] that former article and the photograph were published where with the base ground in Britain. The submarine that rises to the topic is named "Jin Class " in Western countries by the one that is called Type094 of type nuclear submarine (SSBN) equipped with the second generation of Chinese naval forces ballistic missile. This submarine is assumed to be a launch of the first warship in July, 2004 by the one developed as a succession machine of SSBNType092 of the previous life fee (class in summer), and installing equipment and an adjustment at present. The influence of SSBN Victor III class etc. of the former Soviet Union has been greatly received from the externals.

Jin Class nuclear submarine published in sinodefence.com. The photograph is the one.

The displacement is 8000-9000 tons. Nuclear warheads up to three can be mounted and the range cuts "Two types (JL-2,CSS-NX4)" submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that reaches in as much as 8000 kilos in maximums equipped with 12. It is in a former article when others might usually be equipped with six torpedo tube gates of 533milli for the torpedo. It is still unconfirmed in the image, and there a report of having succeeded in the test launching from Jin Class of two types in June, 2005, too.

Three points have additionally confirmed two points about the Jin Class submarine in a former article besides "Photograph mooring in the Pohai shipyard that exists in the Chinese Liaoning ministry" taken up with the Sankei Shimbun (The one by the photograph in other business satellite is found). Especially, the one that all caps of the SLBM launching tube are open in this photograph in an extremely unusual situation. "If the photograph is a real thing, a very unusual photograph. Nuclear submarine.Is not the first one?"(From the Sankei Shimbun. )It is said that it will comment with the defense ministry.