China has unveiled a new nuclear submarine capable of destroying any city on the US mainland.Until now, most US cities had been out of the range of China’s submarine-launched missiles because of the protective “first island chain” – a series of US bases dotted across the Pacific ocean that are all equipped with sophisticated submarine detection systems.But with the launch of the Type 094A, or Jin-class, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine on Friday (April 30) America’s first line of defence is no longer relevant.The Jin-class runs quieter than its predecessors, giving it much more chance of slipping past America’s first line of defence, and can carry the JL-3, or Julang (Big Wave) nuclear missile that has a 6,200-mile range.A.
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