He also noted the presence of the Type 092 ballistic missile submarine—China’s only one of its kind until it was recently replaced by the Type 094. Taiwan’s ministry of national defence (MND ...

Luck said the unidentified submarine might be in the process of being scrapped, as maintenance work is going on at a nearby site. Also visible in the images is China's only Type 092 ballistic ...

Deployed submarines are much more difficult to destroy compared to ICBM silos and strategic bombers. Related stories China's first SSBN, the Type 092 (designated Xia-class by NATO), was based on ...

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.

This made a ballistic-missile submarine a national priority, and construction began that same year. The Type 092 was designed by the Nuclear Powered Submarine Overall Design Section of the Seventh ...

The JL-2 replaced the JL-1 SLBM that had been deployed on the Type 092 submarine. The new Type 094A has improved sails, and it could be equipped with a total of 16 launch tubes. It may also carry ...

and one unidentified submarine. The only Chinese Type 092 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, which is no longer operational and was recently replaced by Type 094, was also visible in the ...

There are fears that 55 Chinese sailors have died after their nuclear submarine was apparently caught in a trap intended to ambush US and UK sub-surface vessels, it has been claimed. The crew are ...