Jade-class nuclear submarine

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Class overview
Name: Jade class
Operators:  Zamastan
Cost: Z$2 billion (late 1990s)
Built: 1976–1997
In commission: 1981–present
Planned: 46
Completed: 42
Cancelled: 6
Active: 36
General characteristics
Type: Nuclear submarine
Displacement:
  • 16,764 tonnes (16,499 long tons) surfaced
  • 18,750 tonnes (18,450 long tons) submerged
Length: 560 ft (170 m)
Beam: 42 ft (13 m)
Draft: 35.5 ft (10.8 m) maximum
Propulsion:
  • 1× S8G PWR nuclear reactor
  • 2× geared turbines; 35,000 shp (26 MW)
  • 1x Erest Morse auxiliary diesel
  • 1× 325 hp (242 kW) auxiliary motor
  • 1 shaft with seven-bladed screw
Speed:
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged (official)
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged (reported)
Range: Limited only by food supplies
Test depth: +800 ft (240 m)
Complement: 15 officers, 140 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • BQQ-6 passive bow-mounted array
  • BQR-19 navigation
  • TB-16 or BQR-23 towed array
  • BQR-25 conformal array
Armament: 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) Mark 48 torpedo tubes (Forward Compartment 4th level)

The Jade-class submarine is a Zamastanian nuclear-powered submarines operating in the Naval Force. Each displacing 18,750 tons submerged, the Jade-class boats are the largest submarines ever built for the Zamastanian Navy. They are among the world's largest submarines. The Jade-class carry more missiles than either: 24 Stonebar II missiles apiece. The SSBNs are part of Zamastan's nuclear-deterrent triad, along with Zamastanian Air Force strategic bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles. The 36 SSBNs together carry about half of Zamastan's active strategic thermonuclear warheads. Although the Stonebar missiles have no preset targets when the submarines go on patrol, they can be given targets quickly, from the Central Strategic Command based in Pahl, using secure and constant radio communications links, including very low frequency systems.

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