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XIA (406) class

Country of Origin: China

ship list


 1 XIA-class NUCLEAR-PROPELLED BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE (SSBN)

 Name             Pendant No.    Launched          Commissioned      Status

 CHANGZHENG 6     406            April 30, 1981    Oct. 1988         Inactive

description

The XIA class was a single-unit first-generation Chinese nuclear-propelled ballistic missile submarine. She was launched from the same facility that built the HAN-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, 125 mi (200 km) northeast of Beijing in Liaoning...

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