YJ-83

YJ-83
YJ-83J Missile
TypeAnti-ship cruise 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 speed Mach 0.9 (cruise)
Mach 1.4 (terminal[5])
Guidance
system
Inertial navigation/active radar homing terminal guidance
Launch
platform
Surface and air launched

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]

  1. ^ a b c Gormley, Erickson & Yuan 2014a, p. 16.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thailand flexes anti-ship missile capabilities in Andaman Sea with C-802A firing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Navy has launched five new warships including 2 frigates - 1 corvette and 2 survey ships". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference janes_rupprecht_2020-02 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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. ISBN 978-0-8330-8219-0.
  6. ^ Gormley, Erickson & Yuan 2014b, p. 101.