Julang-1 (JL-1), NATO : CSS-N-3 | |
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Type | SLBM |
Service history | |
Used by | China |
Production history | |
Designer | Huang Weilu |
Designed | 1970s |
Manufacturer | Factory 307 (Nanjing Dawn Group) |
Produced | 1980s |
Specifications | |
Mass | 14,700 kilograms (32,400 lb) |
Length | 10.7 metres (35 ft) |
Width | 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) |
Warhead | nuclear |
Blast yield | 250-500Kt |
Propellant | Solid fuel |
Operational range | 1,770 km (JL-1), 2,500 km (JL-1A) |
Guidance system | Inertial |
Launch platform | Xia class submarine |
The Julang-1 (Chinese: 巨浪-1; pinyin: Jù Làng Yī; lit. 'Huge Wave-1', also known as the JL-1; NATO reporting name CSS-N-3) was China's first generation nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). According to a US Department of Defense report in 2011, the operational status of the JL-1 was "questionable".[1]