JL-2 weighs about 58 tonnes

[ChineseTiger1986]

According to our big shrimp, it does weigh about 58 tonnes.

Meanwhile, Global Times has also confirmed that it is a missile weighing over 50 tonnes.

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[qwerrty]

that's almost the same as the trident II

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

that's almost the same as the trident II

They are both 44 foot in length and 7 foot in diameter, also both using the advanced composite materials. Of course, the mass is going to be similar.

The 42 tons figure for JL-2 isn't correct, since it is the weight of DF-31, not even DF-31A.

You can see that even DF-31A is very different from DF-31 in term of dimension, so never mind a completely different designed SLBM like JL-2.

Yes, JL-2 was derived from DF-31, but it doesn't mean that they should be exactly the same. Just like Su-35 derived from Su-27, but they are not the same.

 

[The Unnamed]

as if they were competing with trident II on paper.