CJ-10 (missile)

CJ-10
Type Land attack cruise missile
Place of origin  People's Republic of China
Service history
Used by China
Production history
Manufacturer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation/China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy
Specifications
Warhead 500 kg (1,100 lb), conventional or nuclear[1]
Operational
range
 >1,500 km (930 mi; 810 nmi)
Launch
platform

The CJ-10 (simplified Chinese: 长剑-10; traditional Chinese: 長劍-10; pinyin: Cháng Jiàn 10; literally: "long sword 10") is a second-generation[4] Chinese ground based land-attack missile.[5] It is a copy of 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.[4]

Initially, the CJ-10 was identified as a DH-10 (Chinese: 东海-10; pinyin: Dong Hai 10; literally: "east sea 10") missile by Western media and analysts.[7][8] In the annual reports submitted to the United States Congress from the United States Department of Defense concerning the Chinese missile, which was classified as a variance of "DH-10" until 2011,[9][10] when it was recognized as the "CJ-10" in 2012.[11][12] Current publications may use both terms interchangeably to identify the missile.[4][13] Ian Easton believes that the CJ-10 is the same missile as the HN-2, and that the HN-3 is the "DH-10A".[14]

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 ground transporter erector launchers were listed as launch platforms.[4]

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;[15] other sources claim the missile has ranges of 2,000 km (1,200 mi; 1,100 nmi),[16] 2,500 km (1,600 mi; 1,300 nmi),[1] or as much as 4,000 km (2,500 mi; 2,200 nmi).[17] In 2004, the CJ-10 was credited with a CEP of 10 m.[18]

The YJ-100 is a subsonic anti-ship missile 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 launch system of the Type 055 destroyer.[19] The YJ-100 will have an onboard radar and is potentially a counter to the American Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).[1]

Development

The development of the CJ-10 could have potentially benefited significantly from Chinese acquisition of Western and Soviet missile technology in the 1990s, notably the Kh-55 (purchased from Ukraine), and the Tomahawk missiles (that were unexploded and parts purchased from Iraq, Pakistan, and Serbia).[14] The detailed production engineering data packages of the Kh-55SM/Korshun LACM were bought from Kiev by 2001 which had by then been developed by Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk-based Yuzhnoye State Design Bureau.[20] 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.[21]

Jane's Information Group reported the CJ-10 was tested 2004.[18] An August 2012 report by Jane's indicated that a shipborne variance of the missile may have been tested on Bi Sheng, a Chinese weapons trial ship.[22]

The United States in 2008 estimated that 50–250 missiles were in service,[23] increasing to 150–350 in 2009.[24]

Variants

CJ-10
CJ-10K
Air-launched version with a 1500 km range; may be carried by the Xian H-6K.[25]
DF-10A
Ground attack cruise missile.[25] Reportedly a stealthier, more accurate, version of the CJ-10.[14]
"DH-2000"
Supposedly a supersonic version of the DH-10A.[26]
CJ-20
Air-launched version of the CJ-10.[27] Reportedly been tested on the Xian H-6; each bomber may carry four missiles externally.[28]
YJ-100
Anti-ship missile version with an 800 km range, launched by H-6 bomber and Type 055 warship.[1][19]

Operators

 China

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer, "China Shows Off Its Deadly New Cruise Missiles", Popular Science, 10 March 2015
  2. ↑ "PLA's Type 093G submarines 'could destroy Izumo'". wantchinatimes.com. 7 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=china-destroyer-consolidates-innovations-other-ship-advances
  4. 1 2 3 4 Gormley et. al: p.102
  5. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2015, p.39
  6. ↑ "China's new cruise missile programme 'racing ahead'", Jane's Defence Weekly, 2000-01-12, archived from the original on June 4, 2009
  7. ↑ Kopp, Carlo; Andrew, Martin (27 January 2014). "PLA Cruise Missiles; PLA Air - Surface Missiles". ausairpower.net. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Easton: p.1
  9. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2011, p.2
  10. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2011, p.31
  11. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2012, p.21
  12. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2012, p.42
  13. ↑ United States National Air and Space Intelligence Center Public Affairs Office: p.27
  14. 1 2 3 Easton: p.3
  15. ↑ United States National Air and Space Intelligence Center Public Affairs Office: p.29
  16. ↑ DF-10 / CJ-10 / DH-10 surface-to-surface cruise missile - Armyrecognition.com
  17. ↑ Glimpse of China’s New Fighter Fuels Rumors - Defensenews.com, 5 August 2012
  18. 1 2 Minnick, Wendell (21 September 2004). "China tests new land-attack cruise missile". Jane's. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  19. 1 2 "China's anti-ship missiles YJ-12 and YJ-100 revealed", China Mail, 4 February 2015
  20. ↑ "Hatf-7 Babur GLCM". GlobalSecurity. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  21. ↑ "China's new cruise missile programme 'racing ahead'", Jane's Defence Weekly, 2000-01-12, archived from the original on June 4, 2009
  22. ↑ Rahmat, Ridzwan (14 October 2014). "PLAN commissions fourth Dahua-class vessel". Jane's. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  23. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense (2008). Annual Report To Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2008 (PDF) (Report). p. 56. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  24. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense (2009). Annual Report To Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2009 (PDF) (Report). p. 66. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  25. 1 2 Fisher, Richard D., Jr. (4 September 2015). "China showcases new weapon systems at 3 September parade". IHS Jane's 360. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  26. ↑ Easton: p.5
  27. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2015, p.46
  28. ↑ Gormley et. al: p.103
  29. ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2010, p.31
Bibliography
  1. ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/65208/airshow-china-2016-casc-unsheathes-its-hidden-blade-lightweight-missile-system
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