PLAN Anti-ship/surface missiles
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Jane's has just published this:
1800km seems an absurdly long range for YJ-15, the entire point of which I thought was that it does NOT need to be carried by H-6 (which has the similar but larger YJ-12).
Also not seeing any intakes for scramjet propulsion on YJ-20.
1800km seems an absurdly long range for YJ-15, the entire point of which I thought was that it does NOT need to be carried by H-6 (which has the similar but larger YJ-12).
Also not seeing any intakes for scramjet propulsion on YJ-20.
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Janes has become very lazy (or perhaps always was). "Relatively large fuselage compared with similar missiles in class" while YJ-15 is very small and compact for a Ramjet cruise missile.
Excerpts from academic paper titled "高海情舰船横摇对导弹垂直弹射的影响" (The Impact of Ship Roll on Vertical Missile Launch). Posted by @Crosshairs十字线 on Weibo.
(Note that despite bearing similar looks from the outside, this is NOT the same as the land-based launch system proposal which I posted here in this thread sometime ago.)
(Note that despite bearing similar looks from the outside, this is NOT the same as the land-based launch system proposal which I posted here in this thread sometime ago.)
Is it known whether the YJ-18C is a land-attack or anti-ship missile? I don't think a definitive description was provided by the Sept. 03 parade announcers. The missile was grouped in the "strategic" parade formation alongside other land-attack systems like the CJ-20 and CJ-1000, but the "YJ" designation heavily implies an anti-shipping role. It is possible that both land-attack and anti-shipping variants exist within the YJ-18C sub-family.
If it is purely a land-attack missile, then it is almost certain that an anti-shipping variant would be developed from it, since VLS-borne, low-observable, long-range anti-shipping capabilities would be highly sought after in a potential Pacific conflict.
As a comparison, the PLAAF counterpart to the YJ-18C, the AFK-98, is known to have both land-attack and (extrapolating from its export variant's capabilities). It would then be logical to assume that the YJ-18C would follow a similar path.
If it is purely a land-attack missile, then it is almost certain that an anti-shipping variant would be developed from it, since VLS-borne, low-observable, long-range anti-shipping capabilities would be highly sought after in a potential Pacific conflict.
As a comparison, the PLAAF counterpart to the YJ-18C, the AFK-98, is known to have both land-attack and (extrapolating from its export variant's capabilities). It would then be logical to assume that the YJ-18C would follow a similar path.
The entire family of the YJ-18 has long been primarily known to be anti-ship missiles. Land-attack capability is more often a plus rather than a dominating feature.
Ever since the YJ-18, it seems like PLAN stopped using different designations for anti-ship and land-attack versions of the same missile. That’s why you’ll see the YJ-18—and even the newer YJ-17, 19, and 20—being used for land-attack missions.
055 DDG-104 Wuxi launching a YJ-20 AShB/HM. Posted by @拓跋尊 on Weibo.
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I think that should translate as "scramjet" rather than "supercruise ramjet".
In any case, YJ-20, YJ-17 and the UVLS hypersonic cruise missile/scramjet AShM (not YJ-19, which is the 553mm torpedo tube sized hypersonic cruise missile/scramjet AShM for submarines), make up quite a potent shipborne organic anti ship weapons suite for the ships which accommodate them.