Main Trends in the Development of China’s Missile and Nuclear Forces

... Chinese territorial waters. That limitation is partly addressed by the development of the longer-range JL-3 SLBM, reportedly capable of carrying multiple warheads, which is intended to arm the not-yet-commissioned Type 096 SSBNs. The air component of China’s nuclear triad has traditionally been considered the least developed, but significant progress is also evident there. In 2019, China unveiled the H-6N strategic bomber—a modification of the H-6K—designed to carry air-launched ballistic missiles reportedly ...