JL-1

The Julang-1, also known as the "JL-1" and in US nomenclature as the CSS-N-3, was China's first solid fueled ballistic missile. Research and development began in 1967 and detailed design in the early 1970s, with a first land launch 30 April 1982 and a sea launch from a Project 629A (Golf) class submarine on 12 October 1982. The general designer of the missile is Huang Weilu [黄纬禄] 1916-; academician Chen Deren (陈德仁, 1922 - December 21, 2007) served as deputy chief designer. The missile was assembled at Factory 307 (Nanjing Dawn Group Limited Liability Company [南京晨光集团有限责任公司] ).

The JL-1 was deployed on Daqingyu/Xia class submarine 406 in 1986. The Daqingyu/Xia class nuclear submarine has 12 launch tubes.

The JL-1 was initially tested and deployed on the PLAN's modified Golf class SSB. The Golf has since been modified again for further testing of other missiles, such as the JL-2, which has test launched multiple times with varying levels of success.

ee also

*JL-2

References

* Norris, Robert, Burrows, Andrew, Fieldhouse , Richard "Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume V, British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons, San Francisco, Westview Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8133-1612-X
* Lewis, John Wilson and Xue Litai, "China's Strategic Seapower: The Politics of Force Modernization in the Nuclear Age," Stanford, 1994.