The JL-2 (, NATO reporting name CSS-N-14) is a
Chinese second-generation
intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missile
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...
(SLBM) deployed on the
People's Liberation Army Navy
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's (PLAN)
Type 094 submarine
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s. It succeeds the
JL-1 SLBM deployed on the
Type 092 submarine.
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The JL-2 provides China with its first viable sea-based nuclear deterrent.
Development
The JL-2 is a naval variant of the land-based
DF-31.
Their common 2-metre diameter solid fuel rocket motor was successfully tested in late 1983,
and research and development efforts were reorganized starting in 1985 to produce both missiles.
The first JL-2 at-sea launch occurred in 2001 from a
Type 031 submarine.
The program was delayed after a failed test in 2004.
Successful launches occurred in 2005 and 2008. The missile was successfully fired from a
Type 094 submarine
The Type 094 (; Chinese designation: 09- IV; NATO reporting name: Jin class) is a class of ballistic missile submarine developed by China for the People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force. The Type 094 succeeds the Type 092 submarine and pr ...
, the intended operational platform, for the first time in 2009.
A series of test launches occurred in 2012.
Another test launch occurred in January 2015.
During the development of the missile, it was reported that China was considering modifying the missile to accommodate an
anti-satellite warhead to give it a sea-based anti-satellite capability.
Type 094 deterrence patrols with JL-2 missiles began in December 2015.
, 48 JL-2 launchers are deployed on submarines.
Description
The JL-2 is a three-stage, solid-fuelled missile,
with a maximum range of .
Its payload is a single
1
Megaton warhead
or 3-8 MIRVs with yields of 20, 90, or 150kt.
See also
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JL-1
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JL-3
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R-29 Vysota
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All variants use astro-inertial guidance systems.
Variants R-29
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R-29RM Shtil
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R-29RMU Sineva
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R-29RMU2 Layner
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RSM-56 Bulava
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M45 (missile)
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Forty-eight M45 were in commission in the ''Force océanique s ...
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M51 (missile)
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K Missile family
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Pukkuksong-1
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R-39 Rif
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R-39M
References
Citations
Sources
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External links
CSIS Missile Threat - Ju Lang-2from Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica
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Submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the People's Republic of China
Nuclear weapons of the People's Republic of China
1980s establishments in China
Military equipment introduced in the 2010s