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Type 094 submarine (NATO designation Jin-class) - 6 In service 2 more planned.

Type 096 submarine (NATO designation Tang-class) - 6 planned, 2 under construction.The PLAN currently operates two classes of ballistic missile submarines with another under construction: Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines Type 094 (Jin-class) Type 094 (Jin-class) Its surface branch counterpart is the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. Currently, PLANSF operates a fleet of 66 submarines which include nuclear as well as conventional submarines. Submarines have long been one of the three focuses of the People's Liberation Army Navy (the other two are aircraft and major surface combatants), and when the decision was made in late 2006 to concentrate on building other principal surface combatants to strengthen the air defense and to further delay the construction of aircraft carriers due to insufficient air cover, submarines will continue to play the lead dominant role in the assault force for the PLAN. It consists of all types of submarines in operational service organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. The People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force (PLANSF) is the submarine service of the People's Liberation Army Navy. Submarine service of the People's Liberation Army Navy Flag of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)