[FPSPACE] New Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine Spotted

[LARRY KLAES]

New Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine Spotted

A commercial satellite image appears to have captured China's new nuclear 
ballistic missile submarine. The new class, known as the Jin-class or Type 
094, is expected to replace the unsuccessful Xia-class (Type 092) of a 
single boat built in the early 1980s.

The new submarine was photographed by the commercial Quickbird satellite in 
late 2006 and the image is freely available on the Google Earth web site.

Details here:

http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/new_chinese_ballistic_missile.php