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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

PLA's new test submarine revealed at Zhongshan expo

Type 032 Qing-class submarineA model of China's new Type 032 Qing-class test submarine went on display at the Sixth Shipping Expo held in Zhongshan in southern China's Guangdong province between June 6-8, reports the Chinese-language Guangming Daily operated by the Communist Party of China.

The Type 032 is designed as the world's largest conventional submarine to replace the older Type 031 test submarine.

With a displacement of 3,797 tonnes, defense analysts claim that China could test launch its JL-2 intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missiles from the new submarine.

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