China has taken action to increase the construction of nuclear-capable submarines. The Beijing administration wants to be one step ahead of the US and other countries in nuclear terms. China wants to turn the submarine's surprise attack ability into an advantage, says more nuclear warheads will not be produced. The Chinese People's Liberation Army chose to use the warheads in its inventory underwater. According to the nuclear doctrine, China has chosen not to be the first to use the nuclear. There are about 250 to 300 warheads in the Beijing's nuclear arsenal. PLAN has a nuclear submarine with a small number of nuclear missiles. It is estimated that these platforms carry a total of 48 warheads.

JL-2 missiles can be launched from Type 094A Jin class submarines. Every submarine has 12 warheads.