Ask-class submarine: Difference between revisions

*Ask*-class submarine
	Ask on patrol in 1969
Class overview
Name:	Ask-class ballistic missile submarine
Builders:	Yanmei Shipyard Co.
Operators:	Huliean People's Liberation Army Naval Force; Grand Chilokveri Navy;
Succeeded by:	Leviathan class
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	0
Retired:	4
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Ballistic missile submarine
Displacement:	7,600 tonnes (surfaced); 8,500 tonnes (submerged);
Length:	129.5 m (424 ft 10 inches)
Beam:	10.1 m (33 ft 2 inches)
Draft:	9.0 m (29 ft 6 inches)
Installed power:	1 x Fushan Atomics SS2 nuclear reactor producing 20,000 shp (15 MW)
Propulsion:	1 x shaft driving:; 1 x seven-bladed, skewback propeller;
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h) surfaced; 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged;
Range:	Unlimited
Complement:	13 officers, 130 enlisted
Crew:	143
Armament:	6 × 21 inch (533 mm torpedo tubes for:; 16 × ballistic missile tubes for:; (initially); 16 x SLIM I SLBMs, each carrying one 1.2 Mt thermonuclear warhead; (post-1973); 16 x SLIM II SLBMs, each carrying fourteen 40 kt thermonuclear warheads;

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 *16 × ballistic missile tubes for:
 **'''(initially)'''
-**16 x SBM-4600 Glaive {{wpl|submarine-launched ballistic missile|SLBMs}}, each carrying three 200 kt thermonuclear warheads
+**16 x SLIM I {{wpl|submarine-launched ballistic missile|SLBMs}}, each carrying one 1.2 Mt thermonuclear warhead
 **'''(post-1973)'''
-**16 x SBM-5900 Halberd {{wpl|submarine-launched ballistic missile|SLBMs}}, each carrying ten 40 kt thermonuclear warheads (initial)
+**16 x SLIM II {{wpl|submarine-launched ballistic missile|SLBMs}}, each carrying fourteen 40 kt thermonuclear warheads
 |Ship armour=
 |Ship armor=