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* JL-2: Much more modern and capable missile then the JL-1 to be deployed on the Type 094 (again, see below). The exact payload is unknown, although observed guesses suggests it has either a single 1 megaton warheads or 3-4 MIRVs of around 100 kilotons. Range of up to 8,000 kilometers.

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* JL-2: Much more modern and capable missile then the JL-1 to be deployed on the Type 094 (again, see below). The exact payload is unknown, although observed guesses suggests it has either a single 1 megaton warheads or 3-4 MIRVs of around 100 kilotons. Range of up to 8,000 kilometers.kilometers, able to reach the US west coast from Chinese waters but only just.
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* JL-3: Thought to be under development, but the only people who likely know anything about it aren't sharing.




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* Type 096/"Tang" SSBN: The next generation of Chinese boomers, currently undergoing development. Aside from a doubling of missile capacity compared to the 094 and a pretty model, virtually nothing is known.
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* JL-2: Much more modern and capable missile then the JL-1 to be deployed on the Type 094 (again, see below). The exact payload is unknown, although observed guesses suggests it could hold between 6-10 warheads maximum. Possibly has a range of up to 10,000 kilometers.

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* JL-2: Much more modern and capable missile then the JL-1 to be deployed on the Type 094 (again, see below). The exact payload is unknown, although observed guesses suggests it could hold between 6-10 has either a single 1 megaton warheads maximum. Possibly has a range or 3-4 MIRVs of around 100 kilotons. Range of up to 10,000 8,000 kilometers.

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** DF-5A: A MIRVed variant of the above, deployed in 2015 as a response to US developments in missile defense. 3-warheads plus countermeasures.



* DF-41/CSS-X-10: The newest Chinese ICBM, thought to be undergoing deployment. Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. Possibly could carry 10-12 [=MIRVs=], although that is largely speculative.

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* DF-41/CSS-X-10: The newest Chinese ICBM, thought to be undergoing deployment. Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. Possibly could carry as many as 10-12 [=MIRVs=], although that is largely speculative.



* JL-2: Much more modern and capable missile then the JL-1 to be deployed on the Type 094 (again, see below). The exact payload is unknown, although observed guesses suggests it could hold between 6-10 warheads maximum. Is confirmed too have a range of up to 14,000 kilometers.

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* JL-2: Much more modern and capable missile then the JL-1 to be deployed on the Type 094 (again, see below). The exact payload is unknown, although observed guesses suggests it could hold between 6-10 warheads maximum. Is confirmed too have Possibly has a range of up to 14,000 10,000 kilometers.
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* DF-41/CSS-X-10: The newest Chinese ICBM, thought to be undergoing deployment. Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. Possibly could carry 10-12 MIRV's, although that is largely speculative.

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* DF-41/CSS-X-10: The newest Chinese ICBM, thought to be undergoing deployment. Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. Possibly could carry 10-12 MIRV's, [=MIRVs=], although that is largely speculative.
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* Nanchang Q-5 [Qiang-5, "Fifth Attack Design"] "Fantan": A fighter-bomber designed for close air support. About a dozen have been modified for nuclear capability. As the A-5, the type has been exported to North Korea and Bangladesh, among others. A large-scale design modification of the Soviet [=MiG=]-19 "Farmer", their first supersonic fighter, it looks very different. The nuclear capable type and one bomb was once proposed to be exported to [[ThisIsHellas Greece]] through a british middleman in case of USSR invading Greece in the 1970s, but refused.

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* Nanchang Q-5 [Qiang-5, "Fifth Attack Design"] "Fantan": A fighter-bomber designed for close air support. About a dozen have been modified for nuclear capability. As the A-5, the type has been exported to North Korea and Bangladesh, among others. A large-scale design modification of the Soviet [=MiG=]-19 "Farmer", their first supersonic fighter, it looks very different. The nuclear capable type and one bomb was once proposed to be exported to [[ThisIsHellas [[UsefulNotes/ThisIsHellas Greece]] through a british middleman in case of USSR invading Greece in the 1970s, but refused.

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This is totally unrelated to the WWII tank defense system made up of concrete spikes.
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* Part of the Chinese arsenal in ''{{Command and Conquer}}: Generals'' and its expansion. They have, besides silo-launched missiles, nuclear artillery, which is unique among the long-range units in the game because its nuclear shells cannot be intercepted with missile defense systems. In fact, in the expansion there is a Chinese Nuclear General - and as you would've guessed it - whose strategy revolves mostly around The Dragons Teeth. Improved nuclear tank engines and shells, nuclear carpet bombing, nuclear-tipped fighter missiles, cheaper nuclear silos, you name it. Played very straight here. They mostly seem to use ''tactical'' nukes though; a real ''strategic'' nuke -- which is what one would expect a silo-based nuke to be -- would destroy the entire map.

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* Part of the Chinese arsenal in ''{{Command and Conquer}}: Generals'' ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' and its expansion. They have, besides silo-launched missiles, nuclear artillery, which is unique among the long-range units in the game because its nuclear shells cannot be intercepted with missile defense systems. In fact, in the expansion there is a Chinese Nuclear General - and as you would've guessed it - whose strategy revolves mostly around The Dragons Teeth. Improved nuclear tank engines and shells, nuclear carpet bombing, nuclear-tipped fighter missiles, cheaper nuclear silos, you name it. Played very straight here. They mostly seem to use ''tactical'' nukes though; a real ''strategic'' nuke -- which is what one would expect a silo-based nuke to be -- would destroy the entire map.
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-->-- '''TomLehrer''', "Who's Next?"

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-->-- '''TomLehrer''', '''Music/TomLehrer''', "Who's Next?"
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* The DF-4 and DF-5 missiles formed the basis of the Chang Zheng (CZ, "Long March") series of space rockets. The next gen, CZ-5 and on, are being designed separately of military application.
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->''China got [[AtomicHate The Bomb]], but have no fears\\
They can't wipe [[{{Eagleland}} us]] out for at least five years\\
[[Quotes/VaporWare Who's next?]]''

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->''China got [[AtomicHate The Bomb]], Bomb, but have no fears\\
They can't wipe [[{{Eagleland}} us]] us out for at least five years\\
[[Quotes/VaporWare Who's next?]]''next?''
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They can't wipe [[EagleLand us]] out for at least five years\\

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They can't wipe [[EagleLand [[{{Eagleland}} us]] out for at least five years\\

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* Part of the Chinese arsenal in ''{{Command and Conquer}}: Generals'' and its expansion. They have, besides silo-launched missiles, nuclear artillery, which is unique among the long-range units in the game because its nuclear shells cannot be intercepted with missile defense systems. In fact, in the expansion there is a Chinese Nuclear General - and as you would've guessed it - whose strategy revolves mostly around The Dragons Teeth. Improved nuclear tank engines and shells, nuclear carpet bombing, nuclear-tipped fighter missiles, cheaper nuclear silos, you name it. Played very straight here.
** They mostly seem to use tactical nukes though. A real nuke would destroy the entire map.

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* Part of the Chinese arsenal in ''{{Command and Conquer}}: Generals'' and its expansion. They have, besides silo-launched missiles, nuclear artillery, which is unique among the long-range units in the game because its nuclear shells cannot be intercepted with missile defense systems. In fact, in the expansion there is a Chinese Nuclear General - and as you would've guessed it - whose strategy revolves mostly around The Dragons Teeth. Improved nuclear tank engines and shells, nuclear carpet bombing, nuclear-tipped fighter missiles, cheaper nuclear silos, you name it. Played very straight here.
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here. They mostly seem to use tactical ''tactical'' nukes though. A though; a real ''strategic'' nuke -- which is what one would expect a silo-based nuke to be -- would destroy the entire map.
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* In ''[[TomClancy The Bear and the Dragon]]'', nuclear-armed DF-5 [=ICBMs=] are launched at the US by a panicked missile base commander, during a war between NATO and the PRC. AH-64 Apaches that were in the area destroyed all but one missile while they were launching, with the last being intercepted just before detonating above Washington, DC. This is the last straw for the more-moderate Chinese leadership, and leads to a coup that unseats the generals and "military adventurers" that have been controlling the government.

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* In ''[[TomClancy ''[[Literature/JackRyan The Bear and the Dragon]]'', nuclear-armed DF-5 [=ICBMs=] are launched at the US by a panicked missile base commander, during a war between NATO and the PRC. AH-64 Apaches that were in the area destroyed all but one missile while they were launching, with the last being intercepted just before detonating above Washington, DC. This is the last straw for the more-moderate Chinese leadership, and leads to a coup that unseats the generals and "military adventurers" that have been controlling the government.
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* In ''[[TomClancy The Bear and the Dragon]]'', nuclear-armed DF-5 [=ICBMs=] are launched at the US by a panicked missile base commander, during a war between NATO and the PRC. AH-64 Apaches that were in the area destroyed all but one missile while they were launching, with the last being intercepted just before detonating above Washington, DC.

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* In ''[[TomClancy The Bear and the Dragon]]'', nuclear-armed DF-5 [=ICBMs=] are launched at the US by a panicked missile base commander, during a war between NATO and the PRC. AH-64 Apaches that were in the area destroyed all but one missile while they were launching, with the last being intercepted just before detonating above Washington, DC. This is the last straw for the more-moderate Chinese leadership, and leads to a coup that unseats the generals and "military adventurers" that have been controlling the government.
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China, like the former USSR, had ReportingNames and DOD designations assigned to its missiles, although these have very largely fallen out of use. They are included for the sake of completeness.

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China, like the former USSR, had ReportingNames and DOD designations assigned to its missiles (the DOD's alphanumeric designations following the same pattern as Soviet missiles, but with the prefix "C" added), although these have very largely fallen out of use. They are included for the sake of completeness.
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** Two appear in ''TomorrowNeverDies'' when ''HMS Devonshire'' is sunk.

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** Two appear in ''TomorrowNeverDies'' ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' when ''HMS Devonshire'' is sunk.
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Who's next?''

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[[Quotes/VaporWare Who's next?''next?]]''
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* Type 094/"Jin" SSBN: The newest SSBN, entering service at the moment.

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* Type 094/"Jin" SSBN: The newest SSBN, entering service at the moment.
moment. The Chinese have 2-3 of these, depending on whether the most recent one sighted is a entirely new boat or just a refurbishment of one of the earlier two.

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* DF-31/CSS-9: The newest Chinese ICBM in service. Thought to be silo-based and rail-mobile.

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* DF-31/CSS-9: The newest Chinese ICBM in service. Thought to be silo-based Silo-based and rail-mobile.



* DF-31A: A variant of the above with longer-range and payload.
* DF-41/CSS-X-10: Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. At least 50% larger than the DF-31...

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* DF-31A: A more modern variant of the above with longer-range and a 3-warhead MIRV payload.
* DF-41/CSS-X-10: The newest Chinese ICBM, thought to be undergoing deployment. Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. At least 50% larger than the DF-31...
Possibly could carry 10-12 MIRV's, although that is largely speculative.




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* JL-1/CSS-N-3: Submarine-launched ballistic missile carried by the Type 092 (see below). Even with the upgraded variant, it didn't have enough range to hit the US from the Western Pacific.
* JL-2: Much more modern and capable missile then the JL-1 to be deployed on the Type 094 (again, see below). The exact payload is unknown, although observed guesses suggests it could hold between 6-10 warheads maximum. Is confirmed too have a range of up to 14,000 kilometers.
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* DF-31A: A variant of the above with longer-range and payload.
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China has about 20 of these in all.

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China has about 20 nearly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_nuclear_weapons#Land-based_intercontinental_ballistic_missiles 50]] of these in all.
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-->--TomLehrer, ''Who's Next?''[[VaporWare .]]

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-->--TomLehrer, ''Who's Next?''[[VaporWare .]]
-->-- '''TomLehrer''', "Who's Next?"

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* DF-41/CSS-X-10: Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. At least 50% larger than the DF31...

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* DF-41/CSS-X-10: Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. At least 50% larger than the DF31...
DF-31...



* Part of the Chinese arsenal in ''[[CommandandConquer Command and Conquer]]: Generals'' and its expansion. They have, besides silo-launched missiles, nuclear artillery, which is unique among the long-range units in the game because its nuclear shells cannot be intercepted with missile defense systems. In fact, in the expansion there is a Chinese Nuclear General - and as you would've guessed it - whose strategy revolves mostly around The Dragons Teeth. Improved nuclear tank engines and shells, nuclear carpet bombing, nuclear-tipped fighter missiles, cheaper nuclear silos, you name it. Played very straight here.

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* Part of the Chinese arsenal in ''[[CommandandConquer Command ''{{Command and Conquer]]: Conquer}}: Generals'' and its expansion. They have, besides silo-launched missiles, nuclear artillery, which is unique among the long-range units in the game because its nuclear shells cannot be intercepted with missile defense systems. In fact, in the expansion there is a Chinese Nuclear General - and as you would've guessed it - whose strategy revolves mostly around The Dragons Teeth. Improved nuclear tank engines and shells, nuclear carpet bombing, nuclear-tipped fighter missiles, cheaper nuclear silos, you name it. Played very straight here.



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* In ''[[TomClancy The Bear and the Dragon]]'', nuclear-armed DF-5 [=ICBMs=] are launched at the US by a panicked missile base commander, during a war between NATO and the PRC. AH-64 Apaches that were in the area destroyed all but one missile while they were launching, with the last being intercepted just before detonating above Washington, DC.
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* DF-5/CSS-4: Liquid-fuelled ICBM, so not exactly brilliant.

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* DF-5/CSS-4: Liquid-fuelled ICBM, so not exactly brilliant. Long suspected of being a upgraded copy of the [[SuperiorFirepowerIntercontinentalBallisticAndCruiseMissiles Titan II]], a result of Chinese espionage.

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If you want to get the idea of how China developed its nuclear weapons, see this clip. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLtCIizkqg]]. A nuclear test conducted with TheCavalry. The old-school, ''horse-riding'' ones.

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If you want to get the idea of how China developed its nuclear weapons, see this clip. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLtCIizkqg]]. A nuclear test conducted with TheCavalry. [[CrazyAwesome The old-school, ''horse-riding'' ones.
ones]].

The PLAN nuclear submarine corps have [[http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzQ0MjIyMzY=.html an awesome theme song]], though the lyrics have some UnfortunateImplications saying that they are a response and revenge force.



* DF-31/CSS-9: The newest Chinese ICBM in service. Thought to be silo-based and rail-mobile.

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* DF-31/CSS-9: The newest Chinese ICBM in service. Thought to be silo-based and rail-mobile.



* DF-41/CSS-X-10: Probably road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. Possibly entering service in 2010.

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* DF-41/CSS-X-10: Probably road Road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. Possibly entering service in 2010.
At least 50% larger than the DF31...



'''Submarines and Sub-Launched Missiles'''
* Type 092/"Xia" SSBN: First Chinese SSBN, with four JL-1 missiles fitted. Noisy and unreliable, it has apparently never sailed outside Chinese regional waters and may be non-operational. Of the two built, one may have been lost with all hands in an accident in 1985.

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'''Submarines and Sub-Launched Capable of Launching Missiles'''
* Type 092/"Xia" SSBN: First Chinese SSBN, with four JL-1 missiles fitted. Noisy and unreliable, it has apparently never sailed outside Chinese regional waters and may be non-operational. Of the two built, one may have been lost with all hands in an accident in 1985.



* Nanchang Q-5 [Qiang-5, "Fifth Attack Design"] "Fantan": A fighter-bomber designed for close air support. About a dozen have been modified for nuclear capability. As the A-5, the type has been exported to North Korea and Bangladesh, among others. A large-scale design modification of the Soviet [=MiG=]-19 "Farmer", their first supersonic fighter, it looks very different.

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* Nanchang Q-5 [Qiang-5, "Fifth Attack Design"] "Fantan": A fighter-bomber designed for close air support. About a dozen have been modified for nuclear capability. As the A-5, the type has been exported to North Korea and Bangladesh, among others. A large-scale design modification of the Soviet [=MiG=]-19 "Farmer", their first supersonic fighter, it looks very different. The nuclear capable type and one bomb was once proposed to be exported to [[ThisIsHellas Greece]] through a british middleman in case of USSR invading Greece in the 1970s, but refused.



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->''China got [[AtomicHate The Bomb]], but have no fears\\
They can't wipe [[EagleLand us]] out for at least five years\\
Who's next?''
-->--TomLehrer, ''Who's Next?''[[VaporWare .]]

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The People's Republic of China detonated its first nuclear weapon in 1964. Since
the edit button PRC Military are secretive to start say the least, the precise number of nukes that they have is unknown and estimates range from c.150 to c.400. Similarly, the range, throw-weight, number of warheads, and just about everything else published are basically guesswork. As always in these matters, remember that those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know.

China, like the former USSR, had ReportingNames and DOD designations assigned to its missiles, although these have very largely fallen out of use. They are included for the sake of completeness.

These weapons appear in fiction a small amount- evil Chinese villains don't tend to use nuclear weapons much, but they do sometimes.

If you want to get the idea of how China developed its nuclear weapons, see
this new page. clip. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLtCIizkqg]]. A nuclear test conducted with TheCavalry. The old-school, ''horse-riding'' ones.

Some other useful notes:
* DF stands for Dong Feng- "East Wind", while JL stands for Ju Lang- "Giant Wave".

'''Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles'''

China has about 20 of these in all.

* DF-5/CSS-4: Liquid-fuelled ICBM, so not exactly brilliant.
* DF-31/CSS-9: The newest Chinese ICBM in service. Thought to be silo-based and rail-mobile.
** In the DaleBrown novel ''Fatal Terrain'', one is launched at Guam.
* DF-41/CSS-X-10: Probably road and rail mobile, as well as silo-launchable. Possibly entering service in 2010.

'''Other Ballistic Missiles'''
* DF-2/CSS-1: The first Chinese MRBM, believed by some to be a copy of the Soviet R-5/SS-3.
* DF-3/CSS-2: China's first indigenous MRBM, entering service c. 1970. Soon to be retired.
* DF-4/CSS-3: Entered service around 1975, this IRBM is mainly silo-based.
* DF-21/CSS-5: Range about 1,000 miles and available in conventional form too, in all likelihood. The biggest concern for US planners at present is a possible anti-ship capable version, which would threaten US carrier groups.

'''Submarines and Sub-Launched Missiles'''
* Type 092/"Xia" SSBN: First Chinese SSBN, with four JL-1 missiles fitted. Noisy and unreliable, it has apparently never sailed outside Chinese regional waters and may be non-operational. Of the two built, one may have been lost with all hands in an accident in 1985.
* Type 094/"Jin" SSBN: The newest SSBN, entering service at the moment.

'''Bombers and Fighter-Bombers'''
* Nanchang Q-5 [Qiang-5, "Fifth Attack Design"] "Fantan": A fighter-bomber designed for close air support. About a dozen have been modified for nuclear capability. As the A-5, the type has been exported to North Korea and Bangladesh, among others. A large-scale design modification of the Soviet [=MiG=]-19 "Farmer", their first supersonic fighter, it looks very different.
** Two appear in ''TomorrowNeverDies'' when ''HMS Devonshire'' is sunk.

'''Fictional Chinese Nukes'''

* Part of the Chinese arsenal in ''[[CommandandConquer Command and Conquer]]: Generals'' and its expansion. They have, besides silo-launched missiles, nuclear artillery, which is unique among the long-range units in the game because its nuclear shells cannot be intercepted with missile defense systems. In fact, in the expansion there is a Chinese Nuclear General - and as you would've guessed it - whose strategy revolves mostly around The Dragons Teeth. Improved nuclear tank engines and shells, nuclear carpet bombing, nuclear-tipped fighter missiles, cheaper nuclear silos, you name it. Played very straight here.
**They mostly seem to use tactical nukes though. A real nuke would destroy the entire map.
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