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

... submarines continuously at sea. However, Chinese submarine propulsion is generally considered noisier than that of comparable Russian and US boats, and for that and other reasons these SSBNs are thought incapable of operating far from Chinese territorial ... ... 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, ...