| YJ-83 | |
|---|---|
 YJ-83J Missile | |
| Type | Anti-shipcruise missile |
| Place of origin | China |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1998–present |
| Used by | People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 6.38 metres (20.9 ft)[1] |
| Diameter | 360 millimetres (14 in)[1] |
| Wingspan | 1,220 millimetres (48 in)[1] |
| Warhead | 190 kg high-explosive fragmentation (YJ-83) 165 kg high-explosive, semi-armour piercing (YJ-83K) |
| Engine | CTJ-2 turbojet |
Operational range | 180 km (YJ-83, YJ-83K) 230 km (YJ-83KH) 120 km (C-802) 180 km (C-802A)[2][3] |
| Flight altitude | 20-30 m (cruise)[4] 5-7 m (terminal)[4] |
| Maximum speed | Mach 0.9 (cruise) Mach 1.4 (terminal[5]) |
Guidance system | Inertial navigation/active radar homing terminal guidance |
Launch platform | Surface and air launched |
TheYJ-83 (Chinese:鹰击-83;pinyin:yingji-83;lit. 'eagle strike 83';NATO reporting name:CSS-N-8Saccade) is aChinese subsonicanti-shipcruise missile. It is manufactured by theChina Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy.[6]
The YJ-83 uses microprocessors and a strap-downinertial reference unit (IRU); these are more compact than the equivalent electronics used in theYJ-8 and the export C-802, allowing the YJ-83 to have a 180-km range atMach 0.9. The missile is powered by the Chinese CTJ-2 turbojet and is fitted with a 190-kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Terminal guidance is by an active radar.[6]
The air-launchedYJ-83K has a range of 180 km (110 mi), a cruise speed of Mach 0.9, and a 165 kg (364 lb) high-explosive, semi-armour piercing warhead. The improvedYJ-83KH uses a imaging-infrared seeker and has a range of 230 km;[4] reportedly it may receive course corrections by remote link.[7]
The YJ-83 entered service with thePeople's Liberation Army Navy in 1998 and 1999,[6] equipping large numbers of its surface warships.[8] The YJ-83K is the standard anti-ship missile carried by thePeople's Liberation Army Naval Air Force;[4] the United States reported the usage in 2014.[9] ThePeople's Liberation Army Air Force was using the YJ-83K by February 2020.[4]
TheC-802 precedes the closely related YJ-83.[10] It is powered by the FrenchTRI 60-2 turbojet[6] and has a range of 65 nautical miles (120 km). The C-802 is considered a part of the YJ-83 family by the US military.[8] The C-802 was likely an export-only design. From the 1990s, it was erroneously reported that it was used by China as the "YJ-2". It is not an export version of theYJ-82; the two are separate developments.[11]
TheC-802A[10] andC-802AK are the export surface- and air-launched variants.[6] The C-802A has a range of 97 nautical miles (180 km).[2][3][8]
Western reporting has erroneously attributed the "C-803" designation to the YJ-83. The "C-803" designation was not used in Chinese promotional information through 2012.[10]
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On 14 July 2006, during the2006 Lebanon War,Hezbollah fired two Chinese-built C-802 missiles with upgradedIranian radar seekers. The first hit a Cambodian-flagged Egyptian freighter 60 km offshore. The other hit theIsraeli Navy'sSa'ar 5-class corvetteINSHanit, which was patrolling 8.5 nm offshore ofBeirut. The missile hit the corvette's unstealthy crane near the rear helicopter pad; the explosion holed the pad, set fire to fuel storage, and killed four crewmembers. The fire was extinguished after four hours, andHanit returned toAshdod under its own power for three weeks of repairs. The corvette's automatic anti-missile systems were deactivated before the attack; Israel was unaware that Hezbollah had C-802s, and there were concerns overfriendly fire with theIsraeli Air Force.[12]
In October 2016, a cruise missile launched by Houthis in Yemen damagedHSV-2Swift, an unarmed transport ship under the control of the United Arab Emirates (who is opposed to the Houthis inYemen's civil war). Analysis of the damage caused by that missile led experts to believe it was a C-802, as the missile had anexplosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead.[13]
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