A rare frontal view of the new CASC DF-41 ICBM. Source: Via Chinese Internet
一张罕见的新型DF-41洲际弹道导弹的正面视图。来源：通过中国互联网

China has advanced its nuclear deterrent capabilities by sending a Type 094 ('Jin'-class) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) out on its first deterrent patrol and by conducting a fifth reported test of its mobile, solid-fuel, multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV)-capable DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to US officials.
据美国官员称，中国已经通过派遣094型（‘晋'（Jin）级）核动力弹道导弹潜艇（SSBN）外出第一次威慑巡逻连同据报告的第五次机动、固体燃料、分导式多弹头（MIRV）能力的DF-41洲际弹道导弹（ICBM）测试来增强他的核威慑力。

Although China's first second-generation Type 094 was launched in 2004, according to IHS Jane's Fighting Ships , US officials have not acknowledged that its premier deterrent patrol had occurred until this month.
据IHS简氏战舰，尽管中国的第一艘第二代094型于2004年下水，但直到这个月，美国官员认为这型潜艇还没有真正执行过战备巡航。

"Given China's known capabilities and their efforts to develop a sea-based deterrent, in absence of indicators to the contrary it is prudent to assume that patrols are occurring," said US Strategic Command spokesperson US Navy captain Pamela Kunzein in a statement to The Washington Times published on 10 December.
在12月10日的华盛顿时报上美国战略司令部发言人美国海军尚未帕梅拉·库尼赞在一篇文章中表示“考虑到中国已知的能力和他们正努力发展海基威慑能力，尽管尚无确切证据，但可以推测他们正在进行战备巡航。”

The People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) preparations for deterrent patrols, however, have been lengthy. The Pentagon's 2014 annual report to the US Congress on China's Military Power had stated: "China is likely to conduct its first nuclear deterrence patrols with the JIN-class SSBN in 2014." Since at least 2008 Chinese internet imagery has shown the Type 094 based at the new large PLAN base at Yalong Bay on Hainan Island.
中国人民解放军海军（PLAN的）准备威慑巡逻，但是，已经进行很长时间。美国国会对五角大楼2014年度中国军力报告中所指出的：“中国很可能会在2014年进行晋级弹道导弹核潜艇的首次核威慑巡逻”至少从2008年中国互联网图片展示了094型基地在海南省亚龙湾新的大型海军基地。

Recent satellite images have shown three Type 094s at Yalong Bay. The Pentagon's China report said in its 2015 edition that four Jin-class SSBNs are currently operational and for several years has stated up to five may be built. However, in Congressional testimony on 15 April the previous US Pacific Command commander, Admiral Samuel Locklear, said China might build up to eight Type 094s.
最近的卫星图像显示三艘094型在亚龙湾。2015年版的五角大楼中国报告称，4艘晋级弹道导弹核潜艇目前正在服役中并且几年来可能建造了多达五艘。然而，在4月15日前美国太平洋司令部司令，海军上将塞缪尔·洛克利尔国会作证时说，中国可能建造多达八艘094型。

The Type 094 SSBN is armed with 12 7,000-8,000 km range JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missiles armed with single nuclear warheads.
094型装备有12枚射程7,000-8,000公里配备有单核弹头的JL-2型潜射弹道导弹。

China's land-based nuclear forces also advanced with a 4 December test of the road-mobile DF-41 ICBM employing two warheads, according to US sources reported on 11 December in the Washington Free Beacon .
据12月11日美国消息华盛顿自由灯塔报道，12月4日中国的陆基核力量也推进公路机动、双弹头DF-41洲际弹道导弹的测试。

中国互联网来源：似乎显示三艘094型泊岸中