YJ-83

YJ-83

YJ-83

Chinese anti-ship cruise missile

The YJ-83 (Chinese: 鹰击-83; pinyin: yingji-83; lit. 'eagle strike 83'; NATO reporting name: CSS-N-8 Saccade) is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship cruise missile. It is manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy.[6]

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Description

The YJ-83 uses microprocessors and a strapdown inertial reference unit (IRU); these are more compact than the equivalent electronics used in the YJ-8 and the export C-802, allowing the YJ-83 to have a 180-km range at Mach 0.9. The missile is powered by the Chinese CTJ-2 turbojet, and carries a 190-kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Terminal guidance is by an active radar.[6]

The air-launched YJ-83K has a range of 180 km, a cruise speed of Mach 0.9, and a 165 kg high-explosive, semi-armour piercing warhead. The improved YJ-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 the People'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 the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force;[4] the United States reported the usage in 2014.[9] The People's Liberation Army Air Force was using the YJ-83K by February 2020.[4]

Operational history

On 14 July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah fired two Chinese-built C-802 missiles with upgraded Iranian radar seekers. The first hit a Cambodian-flagged Egyptian freighter 60 km offshore. The other hit the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 5-class corvette INS Hanit, which was patrolling 8.5 nm offshore of Beirut. 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 and Hanit returned to Ashdod 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 over friendly fire with the Israeli Air Force.[10]

In October 2016, a cruise missile launched by Houthis in Yemen damaged HSV-2 Swift, an unarmed transport ship under the control of the United Arab Emirates (who is opposed to the Houthis in Yemen's civil war). Analysis of the damage caused by that missile led experts to believe it was a C-802, as the missile had an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead.[11]

C-802A

C-802

The C-802 precedes the closely related YJ-83.[12] It is powered by the French TRI 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 is sometimes and erroneously considered the export version of the YJ-82; the two are separate developments.[13]

The C-802A[12] and C-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]

Variants

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 seeker and 230 km.[4]

C-802

Predecessor of the YJ-83.[12]

C-802A

Export variant of the surface-launched YJ-83.[6][12]

C-802K

Export version of the air-launched YJ-83.[6]

Operators

Map with YJ-83 operators in blue
 Algeria
 Bangladesh
 China
 Hezbollah[18]
 Indonesia
C-802 (top) and C-705 (bottom) missile launches against target ship KRI Slamet Riyadi.
 Iran
 Myanmar
 Pakistan
 Syria
 Thailand
 Yemen
 Venezuela

See also

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