CJ-10 (missile)

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CJ-10
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CJ-10 Cruise missile on WS2400 TEL
Type Land-attack missile
Cruise missile
Air-launched cruise missile
Place of originChina
Service history
Used byChina
Production history
Manufacturer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation/China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy
Specifications
Warhead500 kg (1,100 lb), [1] conventional or nuclear [2]

Operational
range
>1,500–2,000 km (930–1,240 mi; 810–1,080 nmi)
Guidance
system
Launch
platform

The CJ-10 (simplified Chinese :长剑-10; traditional Chinese :長劍-10; pinyin :Cháng Jiàn 10; lit.'long sword 10') is a second-generation [1] Chinese land-attack cruise missile. [5] It is derived from the Kh-55 missile. [6] It is reportedly manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy and the China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy. [1]

Contents

Initially, the CJ-10 was identified as the DH-10 (Chinese :东海-10; pinyin :Dong Hai 10; lit.'east sea 10') by Western media and analysts. [7] [8] United States Department of Defense reports used "DH-10" until 2011, [9] [10] and then "CJ-10" from 2012. [11] [12] Publications may use both terms interchangeably. [1] [13] The Center for Strategic and International Studies believes that the CJ-10 is a member of the Hongniao (HN) series of missiles; [14] Ian Easton believes that the CJ-10 is the same missile as the HN-2, and that the HN-3 is the "DH-10A". [15]

Description

In the September 2014 edition of Joint Forces Quarterly, an article reportedly described CJ-10 as a subsonic missile with a range of more than 1,500 km and a 500 kg payload. The article attributes the missile having a guidance package using inertial navigation system, satellite navigation, terrain contour matching, and a likely Digital Scene-Mapping Area Correlator for terminal guidance. Ships and transporter erector launchers were listed as launch platforms. [1]

In 2013, the United States believes that the missile has a range of more than 1,500 km, and can potentially carry either conventional or nuclear payloads. [2] In 2004, the CJ-10 was credited with a CEP of 10 m. [16]

The YJ-100 is a subsonic anti-ship version of the CJ-10 with a range of 800 km (500 mi; 430 nmi). The missile can be air-launched by the H-6 bomber and fired from a vertical launching system of the Type 055 destroyer according to Chinese expert Li Li on Chinese television. [17] The YJ-100 will have an onboard radar. [18]

Development

The development of the CJ-10 could have potentially benefited significantly from Chinese acquisition of NATO and Soviet missile technology in the 1990s, notably the Kh-55 (purchased from Ukraine), and the Tomahawk cruise missiles (that were unexploded and purchased from Iraq and Serbia). [15] The detailed production engineering data packages of the Kh-55 LACM were bought from Ukraine in 2001. [19] A 1995 Russian document suggested a complete production facility had been transferred to Shanghai, for the development of a nuclear-armed cruise missile. Originally it was thought that this was based on the 300 km-range Raduga Kh-15 (AS-16 'Kickback'), but it now appears that it was the Kh-55 that was transferred to China. [6]

Jane's Information Group reported the CJ-10 was tested 2004. [16] An August 2012 report by Jane's indicated that a shipborne variant of the missile may have been tested on Bi Sheng , a Chinese weapons trial ship. [20]

The United States in 2008 estimated that 50–250 missiles were in service, [21] increasing to 150–350 in 2009. [22]

Variants

CJ-10 (DF-10)
Baseline version. Known as DH-10 during the prototype phase. [23] Sometimes called the DF-10. [23]
CJ-10A (DF-10A)
Land-attack cruise missile. [24] Reportedly a stealthier, more accurate, version of the CJ-10. [15]
"DH-2000"
Supposedly a supersonic version of the DH-10A. [25]
CJ-10K
Air-launched version with a 1500 km range; may be carried by the Xian H-6K. [24]
CJ-20
Air-launched version of the CJ-10 [26] with an estimated range of more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi; 1,100 nmi). [27] Reportedly been tested on the Xian H-6; each bomber may carry four missiles externally. [28]
YJ-100
Anti-ship version with an 800 km (500 mi) [18] or 1,000–1,500 km (620–930 mi) range, [1] launched by H-6 bomber and Type 055 destroyer. [17] [18] Air-launched YJ-100 [29] and CJ-10K [1] are both referred as KD-20 in separate sources.

Operators

See also

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