Oct 15

A Closer Look at China’s New SSBNs

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China’s new Jin-class SSBNs at Huludao shipyard.
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By Hans M. Kristensen

The two new Jin-class SSBNs I discovered on Google Earth earlier this month have now been photographed in port by an anonymous photographer. The photograph, which has appeared on several Chinese web sites (here and here) and sent to me by David, clearly shows the features of what I estimated to be the Jin-class submarine.
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