YJ-18 (鹰 击 -18, letter. "Eagle-18 strike", NATO designation - CH-SS-NX-13 [1] ) - the Chinese family of cruise missiles designed to destroy surface ships and ground targets
| Yj-18 | |
|---|---|
| CH-SS-NX-13 | |
| Type of | cruise missile |
| Status | in service |
| Adoption | 2015 |
| Main operators |  China |
Content
Description
According to the US Department of Defense, the YJ-18 missile is similar in characteristics to the Russian 3M-54 Club with a subsonic cruising and supersonic terminal mode; [2] firing range is 540 km [3] . Some Western analysts believe that the YJ-18 is a copy of the 3M-54E with a firing range of 180 km at a speed of M = 0.8 and 40 km at a speed of M = 2.5 ... 3.0; other sources claim that in the underwater variant the missile has a range of 500 km, the speed at the terminal portion of the trajectory is M = 2 and the flight altitude is lower than that of the Russian Caliber / Club missile. [four]
A missile can be launched from a vertical launch system , [5] and, possibly, from torpedo tubes of a submarine. Chinese media claim that the missile has an inertial guidance system using the BeiDou navigation satellite system and carries a 300 kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead or anti-radar warhead to destroy electronic weapons at short range. [6]
YJ-18 is deployed on type 052D destroyers and, in the future, on type 055 destroyers . The missile can be carried by SHANG-II type nuclear submarines equipped with a vertical launch system. It is expected that the missile will replace the obsolete YJ-82 with a range of 37 km on submarines of the YUAN type (project 041) with an air-independent power plant, diesel-electric submarines of the SONG type (project 039) and, probably, on submarines of the 095 type, as well as on submarines of project 877 . The ground version can replace the YJ-62 subsonic missile with a range of 400 km, designed for coastal missile batteries.
Performance Specifications (presumably)
- Firing Range: 220-540 km
- Flight speed:
- Marching section - M = 0.8
- Terminal section - M = 2.5 ... 3.0
- Control system:
- Beidou Satellite Navigation System
- Airborne Search Radar
- Warhead:
- Weight - 140-300 kg
Modifications
- YJ-18 : original ship-to-ground modification.
- YJ-18A : anti-ship version for vertical launch vehicles, designed for destroyers of projects 052D and 055 .
- YJ-8B : option for placement on submarines.
- Mobile coastal option : the designation is unknown, it starts with a 12 × 12 conveyor; possibly equipped with a more powerful launch booster to increase range.
See also
Similar projects
- Yj-12
Missiles of a similar type
- 3M-54 Club
- Brahmos
- P-800 Onyx
- "Perseus"
Links
- ↑ Gormley, Dennis M .; Erickson, Andrew S .; Yuan, Jingdong. A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile Developments (Eng.) // Joint Forces Quarterly: journal. - National Defense University 2014 .-- 30 September ( no. 75 ). - P. 102 .
- ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2015, p. 46
- ↑ United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2015, p.10
- ↑ Submarine-Launched Variant of China's YJ-18 Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Emerges - Navyrecognition.com, 2 October 2017
- ↑ United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence: The PLA Navy, p.16
- ↑ 简 氏 称 中国 鹰 击 -18 反反 导弹 可 "空中 急 拐弯" (图) . mil.news.sina.com.cn (September 12, 2013). Date of treatment May 10, 2015.
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