U.S. intelligence agencies have detected preparations for a test of a new Chinese sea-launched ballistic missile on the north coast of China, the Washington Times reported today (see GSN, Jan. 10).

Testers will probably perform a “pop-up” test of the JL-2 missile — believed to be a version of the 5,000-mile range Dong Feng-31 — by ejecting it from the launch tube of a modified Russian-made submarine, according to the Times.  Officials ran a similar test of the JL-2 in October and recently tested the Dong Feng-31 re-entry vehicle (see GSN, Nov. 6, 2001), which exploded in mid-flight, the Times reported (Gertz/Scarborough, Washington Times, Feb. 1).

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