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Not to be confused withYJ-18.

YJ-83
YJ-83J Missile
TypeAnti-shipcruise missile
Place of originChina
Service history
In service1998–present
Used byPeople's Liberation Army Navy
Production history
ManufacturerChina Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
Specifications
Length6.38 metres (20.9 ft)[1]
Diameter360 millimetres (14 in)[1]
Wingspan1,220 millimetres (48 in)[1]
Warhead190 kg high-explosive fragmentation (YJ-83)
165 kg high-explosive, semi-armour piercing (YJ-83K)
EngineCTJ-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 altitude20-30 m (cruise)[4]
5-7 m (terminal)[4]
Maximum speedMach0.9 (cruise)
Mach 1.4 (terminal[5])
Guidance
system
Inertial navigation/active radar homingterminal guidance
Launch
platform
Surface and air launched

TheYJ-83(Chinese:Ưng đánh -83;pinyin:yingji-83;lit.'eagle strike 83';NATO reporting name:CSS-N-8Saccade) is aChinesesubsonicanti-shipcruise missile.It is manufactured by theChina Aerospace Science and Industry CorporationThird Academy.[6]

Development

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The YJ-83 uses microprocessors and a strap-downinertial reference unit(IRU); these are more compact than the equivalent electronics used in theYJ-8and the export C-802, allowing the YJ-83 to have a 180-km range atMach0.9. 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-83Khas 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-83KHuses 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 Navyin 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 Forcewas using the YJ-83K by February 2020.[4]

The designation C-803 is often incorrectly attributed to the YJ-83 missile by Western defense publications or military analysts. This is largely based on the assumption that the YJ-81 is linked to C801, the YJ-82 is linked to C802, and thus, the YJ-83 is linked to C-803. However, YJ-82 does not have a C-80X designation; YJ-83 missiles are connected to C-802, And the designation C-803 is absent in every single promotional material related to the YJ-83 missiles family provided by Chinese defense companies.[10]The C-802 is also erroneously named as YJ-2 in the PLA service. However. No evidence suggests the YJ-2 designation existed in the PLA.[11]

C-802A

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C-802

TheC-802precedes the closely related YJ-83.[10]It is powered by the FrenchTRI 60-2turbojet[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 is sometimes and erroneously considered the export version of theYJ-82;the two are separate developments.[11]

TheC-802A[10]andC-802AKare the export surface- and air-launched variants.[6]The C-802A has a range of 97 nautical miles (180 km).[2][3][8]

Operational history

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On 14 July 2006, during the2006 Lebanon War,Hezbollahfired two Chinese-built C-802 missiles with upgradedIranianradar 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, andHanitreturned toAshdodunder 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 firewith 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]

Variants

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YJ-83
Initial surface-launched version with 120 km range.[6]
YJ-83A/YJ-83J
Variant with enhanced range; 180 km for surface-launch and 250 km for air-launch.[6]
YJ-83K
Air-launched variant with 180 km range.[14]
YJ-83KH
Air-launched variant with imaging-infrared (IIR) seeker and 230 km (140 mi; 120 nmi).[4]
C-802
Predecessor of the YJ-83.[10]
C-802A
Export variant of the surface-launched YJ-83.[6][10]
C-802AK
Export version of the air-launched YJ-83.[6]
KD-88
Further development. KD-88 is an air-launched cruise missile derived from YJ-83 missile.[15]
CM-802AKG
Export version of KD-88. Based on the air-launched YJ-83 with a television (TV) or imaging-infrared (IIR) seeker and a redesigned airframe with more fuel.[16]

Operators

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Map with YJ-83 operators in blue
Algeria
Bangladesh
China
Hezbollah[20]
Indonesia
C-802 (top) andC-705(bottom) missile launches againsttarget shipKRISlamet Riyadi.
Iran
Myanmar
Pakistan
Syria
Thailand
Yemen
Venezuela

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toYJ-83.

References

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  1. ^abcGormley, Erickson & Yuan 2014a,p. 16.
  2. ^ab"Thailand flexes anti-ship missile capabilities in Andaman Sea with C-802A firing".Janes.Retrieved28 December2020.
  3. ^ab"Bangladesh Navy has launched five new warships including 2 frigates - 1 corvette and 2 survey ships".Navy Recognition.Retrieved28 December2020.
  4. ^abcdefghRupprecht, Andreas (18 February 2020)."Images show PLAAF J-16 armed with YJ-83K anti-ship missile".Janes.Retrieved12 November2020.
  5. ^Eric Heginbotham; Michael Nixon; Forrest E. Morgan; Jacob L. Heim; Jeff Hagen; Sheng Li; Jeffrey Engstrom; Martin C. Libicki; Paul DeLuca; David A. Shlapak; David R. Frelinger; Burgess Laird; Kyle Brady; Lyle J. Morris (2015).The U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017.Santa Monica, California: RAND Corporation. p. 175.ISBN978-0-8330-8219-0.
  6. ^abcdefghiGormley, Erickson & Yuan 2014b,p. 101.
  7. ^Gormley, Erickson & Yuan 2014b,p. 102.
  8. ^abcUnited States Office of Naval Intelligence 2015,p. 16.
  9. ^United States Office of the Secretary of Defense(June 2014).Annual Report To Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2014(PDF)(Report). p. 40.Archived(PDF)from the original on 9 July 2015.Retrieved11 June2015.
  10. ^abcdeCarlson, Christopher P. (8 February 2013)."China's Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles, Part 3".DefenseMediaNetwork.Archivedfrom the original on 3 June 2016.Retrieved21 April2016.
  11. ^abCarlson, Christopher P. (6 February 2013)."China's Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles, Part 2".DefenseMediaNetwork.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved21 April2016.
  12. ^Zakheim, Dov S. (February 2012).The United States Navy and Israeli Navy: Background, current issues, scenarios, and prospects(PDF)(Report). CNA. p. 27-28. COP D0026727.A1/Final.
  13. ^"USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend From Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack".USNI. 11 October 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 9 August 2018.Retrieved12 August2018.
  14. ^"Images show PLAAF J-16 armed with YJ-83K anti-ship missile".Janes.18 February 2020.
  15. ^Andrew S. Erickson (July 2011).Antiaccess and China's Air-Launched Cruise Missiles(PDF).
  16. ^"Chỉ đạo hình thức thuyết tiến hoá: Tìm tòi bí mật Trung Quốc tân một thế hệ đất trống đạn đạo tính năng".Sina News.18 November 2013.
  17. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 333.
  18. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 251.
  19. ^United States Office of Naval Intelligence 2015,p. 17.
  20. ^"Missiles and Rockets of Hezbollah".Missile Threat.Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2020.
  21. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 273.
  22. ^"IRAN FIRST CUSTOMER TO BUY CHINESE C802 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE".Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2012.Retrieved13 November2014.
  23. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 293.
  24. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 294.
  25. ^Dominguez, Gabriel (6 March 2018)."PN, PAF successfully test-fire C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles".IHS Jane's 360.Archivedfrom the original on 12 August 2018.Retrieved12 August2018.
  26. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 298.
  27. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 370.
  28. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 312.
  29. ^Binnie, Jeremy (29 October 2015)."Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack".IHS Jane's 360.Archivedfrom the original on 8 April 2016.Retrieved20 April2016.
  30. ^"China Arming Venezuelan Navy With Anti-Ship Missiles".USNI News.16 October 2020.Retrieved5 December2020.
  31. ^The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022,p. 383.
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