PLAN - USN SSBN & SSGN Side by Side Comparison


PLAN vs. USN SSBN & SSGN SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON By Jeff Head - Last Update: January 24, 2013 This page provides a comparison between ballistic missile and guided missile submarines of the People's Republic of China Navy and those of the US Navy. Currently the Chinese are introducing a new class of ballistic missile submarine but have no true guided missile submarines.

BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES - PLAN		BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES - USN
TYPE 094 & Type 96 Qty: 5 (more building) Displacement: est. 8,500 t Crew: ? Speed: 30 knots Armament: 12 - 533 mm Torpedoes 12 - SL-2 SLBM		Ohio (SSBN) Qty: 14 Displacement: 18,000 t Crew: 159 Speed: 30 knots Armament: 4 533 mm torpedoe tubes 24 - TRIDENT SLBM
TYPE 092 (Xia) Qty: 1 Displacement: est. 7,500 t Crew: 140 Speed: 22 knots Armament: 12 - 533 mm Torpedoes 12 - SL-1 SLBM
GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINES - PLAN		GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINES - USN
NONE		Ohio SSGN Qty: 4 Displacement: 18,000 t Crew: 159 Speed: 30 knots Armament: 4 533 mm torpedoe tubes 154 - LR SLCM

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