PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Changzheng 406 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 长征6号 [Changzheng 6] | 406 | Bohai, Huludao | 1978 | 30.4.1981 | 1.8.1983 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
6500 / 8000 |
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Length, m |
120.0 |
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Breadth, m |
10.6 |
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Draught, m |
8.00 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 sets geared steam turbines, 1 nuclear reactor |
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Power, h. p. |
14400 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 / 22 |
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Fuel, t |
nuclear |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
practically unlimited |
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Armament |
12 Ji Lang-1 SLBM (12 JL-1), 6 - 533 TT (bow, 12) |
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Electronic equipment |
Flag radar, SQZ-3, SQW-3, SQG-2B sonars, type 921-A ECM suite, CCS |
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Complement |
100 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
300 |
Project history: The first Chinese SSBN, built by the same yard as first SSNs. Equipped with twelve tubes for the JL-1 ballistic missile, first launched from Yuanzheng 200 trials boat in 1981. The first launch from Changzheng 406 took place in July 1988. Two more submarines were planned, but plans were cancelled in favour of development of new class, future Type 094.
Modernizations: 2001: - 12 JL-1 SLBM, SQZ-3, SQW-3, SQG-2B sonars; + 12 Ji Lang-1A SLBM (12 JL-1A), H/SQ2-262B sonar suite
Naval service: No significant events.
Changzheng 406 2002
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