JL-3

Julang-3 (JL-3)
TypeSLBM
Place of originPeople's Republic of China
Service history
In service2022
Used byPeople's Liberation Army Navy
Specifications
WarheadMIRV
PropellantSolid-fuel rocket
Operational
range
>5,400 nmi (10,000 km)[1]
Guidance
system
Astro-inertial with Beidou
Launch
platform
Type 094 submarine

The JL-3 (Chinese: 巨浪-3; pinyin: Jù Làng Sān; lit. 'Giant Wave 3'; NATO reporting name: CSS-NX-20[2]) is a Chinese third-generation intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). It arms the Type 094 submarine,[3] and is expected to arm the future Type 096.[2]

  1. ^ United States Department of Defense (19 October 2023). Annual Report To Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2023 (PDF) (Report). p. 55. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b United States Department of Defense (29 November 2022). Annual Report To Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2022 (PDF) (Report). p. 96. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. ^ Capaccio, Anthony (18 November 2022). "China Has Put Longer-Range ICBMs on Its Nuclear Subs, US Says". Bloomberg. Retrieved 19 November 2022.