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| Julang-1 (JL-1), NATO : CSS-N-3 | |
|---|---|
 JL-1 and JL-2. | |
| Type | SLBM |
| Service history | |
| Used by | China |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Huang Weilu |
| Designed | 1970s |
| Manufacturer | Factory 307 (Nanjing Dawn Group) |
| Produced | 1980s |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 14,700 kilograms (32,400 lb) |
| Length | 10.7 metres (35 ft) |
| Width | 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) |
| Warhead | "515" Thermonuclear warhead https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/t/china-ballistic-missiles-and-nuclear-arms-thread.5881/page-817 |
| Warhead weight | 600 kg |
| Blast yield | 700 kiloton |
| Propellant | Solid fuel |
Operational range | 1,770 km (JL-1), 2,500 km (JL-1A) |
| Flight altitude | 500 km |
Guidance system | Inertial |
| Accuracy | 700 meters (JL-1) and 100 meters (JL-1A) |
Launch platform | Xia class submarine |
The Julang-1 (Chinese: 巨浪-1; pinyin: Jù Làng Yī; lit. 'Huge Wave-1', also known as the JL-1; NATO reporting name CSS-N-3) was China's first generation nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). According to a US Department of Defense report in 2011, the operational status of the JL-1 was "questionable".[1]