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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

MND confirms Chinese missile tests

Jin-class SSBNThe Ministry of National Defense confirmed yesterday that China had test-fired Julang-2 (JL-2) -submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) before the New Year.

Chinese military bulletin boards recently lit up with reports that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy might have test fired as many as six JL-2 SLBMs near Dalian in -Liaoning Province, China.

At least two submarines in China’s Northern Fleet are known to operate out of Xiaopingdao -Submarine Base close to Dalian.

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