A photograph anonymously posted on the Internet has provided Western analysts with a first close-quarters look at the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) new Type 094 Jin-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN).rnThe picture, taken at the Bohai shipyard in Huludao, clearly shows two Jin-class boats alongside. It also reveals that the Type 094 design is equipped with 12 missile tubes aft of the fin - not the 16 originally speculated.
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