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705910 1/144 PLAN Type 092 Xia Class SSBN
705910 1/144 PLAN Type 092 Xia Class SSBN
 

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Retail Price: $106.99
Scale: 1/144
Brand: TRUMPETER


Product Code: 705910
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The 6,500-ton Type 092Daqingyu (US Department of Defense designation Xia-class, Chinese designation 09-II) submarine was the first ballistic missile-carrying, nuclear-poweredsubmarine class (SSBN) deployed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy,and the first SSBN designed and built in Asia. She was designed by Huang Xuhua,and derived from the Han-Class SSNs, with an extended hull to accommodate fourmissile tubes. The first Changzheng 6 (# 406) of its class was laid down in 1978 at Huludao 120miles North-East of Beijing; she was completed in 1981. She then spent 6 yearsbeing fitted out and con ducting tests with its 12 JL-1 (CSS-N-3) missiles,becoming active in 1987. Later, the submarine went through numerous upgrades inincremental step, including using Type H/SQ2-262B son ar manufactured by No. 613Factory replacing the original Type 604 son ar on board.