從中國公布一款彈道飛彈核潛艦模型中可以看出，09VI型攜帶潛射彈道飛彈數量16-24枚多於09IV型的12枚。因為09IV型核潛艦性能不夠先進，裝載巨浪-2潛射飛彈高大的龜背在潛航時流體力學噪音大，遠洋執行任務容易被美日海軍反潛聲納偵測發現，所以建造數量少；近10年來中國引進俄羅斯基洛級潛艦所吸收潛艦靜音以及自行研發科技成果、潛艦表面先進消音瓦、下一代核子反應爐以及主機筏座降躁技術有所突破，所以中國海軍轉而研製更先進的09-VI型。

美國軍事網站「戰略之頁」報導稱，中國一艘09VI型彈道飛彈戰略核潛艦被發現正在下海試航。在最新一批建造的09VI型戰略核潛艦上，中國修復了許多設計上的缺陷，其性能得到大幅提高。美國情報專家認為，中國目前集中於設計新型09VI型核潛艦，可能具備在極地冰層覆蓋下發射飛彈的能力。甚至可能具備水下發射運載火箭搭載人造衛星進入近地軌道的能力。

The Type 096 (Tang class, Chinese designation: 09-VI) submarine is a SSBN being developed for the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force. Official specifications are unknown. The Type 096 may carry 24 SLBMs, double the number carried by its predecessor, the Type 094. According to analysts, it could also feature a hull similar to Western SSBNs.^] As of January 2017, the Type 096 has yet to enter service.

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Type 096 submarine can attack US homeland from Chinas coast .The Type 096, Chinas third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, has given the PLA Navy the means to strike the continental United States from the Chinese coast for the first time, according to the Singapore-based Lianhe Zaobao.

China is estimated to have four Type 094 Jin-class second-generation ballistic missile submarines. Together, those four submarines can carry 48 JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missiles and 200 nuclear warheads, which is 35% of Chinas nuclear arsenal. With an attack range of 6,000 kilometers, the JL-2 missiles threat to American forces is confined to the Western Pacific.

China is developing Type 096 Tang-class ballistic missile submarines to replace the Type 094 by 2020, according to a study from the Moscow-based Russian Military Analyst. By then, the PLA Navy is looking to have at least six Type 094 and Type 096 submarines operational. It will control 80 submarine-launched ballistic missiles with about 300 nuclear warheads.

The new ballistic missile designed for the Type 096 submarine is estimated to have a range of 11,000 kilometers. This would make the submarine capable of launching a direct nuclear attack against the continental US.

The new submarine reportedly even has the capability of firing its missiles through layers of ice, said an US expert. Under the escort of the Chinese surface combat fleet, it would be able to begin its attack from Hawaiian waters.

It is inevitable that more US targets will become exposed as China continues to advance its missile weapons technology.

美國軍事情報顯示出：中國最強武器馬上來臨！中國的096戰略核潛艇已經存在,很有可能在建造中；由於096戰略核潛艇不同於其它核潛艇，所以西方專家表示，威懾力將超越轟-20，甚至連東風-41都望洋興嘆！

據悉，096戰略核潛艇可以攜帶24枚巨浪-3彈道導彈，並且可以攜帶多個核彈頭，最大射程為12000公里，如果一起發射巨浪-3後果不堪設想，足以證明096的威懾力要大於轟-20；其次096核潛艇要比東風-41更為隱蔽，不被發現，一不留神溜到敵方後花園，讓人防不勝防，來不及攔截，其結果不堪設想！

這是西方眼中的Type 096 .

據了解可以在北極圈的冰成層下方發射JL-3 核彈道飛彈打擊美國本土.

Completes Deployment of Six Type- 096 Nuclear Submarine with JL-3 SLBMs .

Type-096 Qin class nuclear-submarine began to be formally commissioned in July 2008. It carries 24 JL-3 SLBMs with a range of 15,000 km and MIRVs.
JL-3 SLBM is the submarine version of DF-41 land-based ICBM.
DF-41 can have 10 MIRVs but JL-3 seems to carry less MIRVs as the report says the 24 SLBMs can hit at lease 64 targets simultaneously.
As a result, a Type-096’s fire power is equivalent to that of six 094 Jin class strategic SLBM submarines.
Moreover, installed with an anti-satellite device, a JL-3 can hit an enemy satellite.
A Type-096 submarine has a maximum displacement of 10,000 tons and is said to be rival to US Ohio class nuclear-submarine characterized by low noise, high undetectability and maneuverability, great survival ability and long-range attack capability.
Recently, there has been media report that a Type-096 submarine launched a JL-3 SLBM from the Yellow Sea and successfully hit its target in Gobi Desert 8,000 kilometers away.
In an interview with an international media, a US military officer said that it was quite probable that China has completed its deployment of six Type-096 submarines to have the capability of nuclear strike covering Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. .
Source: huanqiu.com “China’s deployment of six Type-096 nuclear submarines armed with JL-3 SLBMs gives rise to great panic in Japan.

試航中的Type 096 SSBN?