WHY CHINA’S JL-3 MADE WAVES WITH FIRST SUBMARINE-BASED MISSILE TEST IN OVER 40 YEARS

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out a missile test in the Pacific last month. The July 6 launch – in which a dummy warhead travelled 8,000km (5,000 miles) – was China’s first confirmed submarine-based missile test since 1982, and the first known firing from a nuclear-powered submarine.

News - South China Morning Post reports that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out a missile test in the Pacific last month.

The report adds: The July 6 launch – in which a dummy warhead travelled 8,000km (5,000 miles) – was China’s first confirmed submarine-based missile test since 1982, and the first known firing from a nuclear-powered submarine.

The type of missile used has not been officially confirmed, but a report in the Global Times – a newspaper owned by the party mouthpiece People’s Daily – suggested it was a JL-3, which can be fired from...

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