JL-2

Julang-2 (JL-2)
TypeSLBM
Place of originPeople's Republic of China
Service history
In serviceActive as of 2015
Used byPeople's Liberation Army Navy
Specifications
Mass42,000 kilograms (93,000 lb)
Length13 metres (43 ft)
Warheadsingle or 3-8 MIRV nuclear warhead
Blast yield1 megaton of TNT (4.2 PJ) single, 20/90/150kt

PropellantSolid-fuel rocket
Operational
range
3,900 nmi (7,200 km)
Guidance
system
Astro-inertial with satellite-based updates
Launch
platform
Type 094 submarine
JL-2 at 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China

The JL-2 (Chinese: 巨浪-2; pinyin: Jù Làng Èr; lit. 'Giant Wave 2', NATO reporting name CSS-N-14) is a Chinese second-generation intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) deployed on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Type 094 submarines.

The JL-2 provides China with its first viable sea-based nuclear deterrent.