Sea Dog said:
Thanks for the info.
Actually, Russia uses the designator "16A" to denote the rocket uses a torpedo. "16B" denotes nuclear depth charge.
rocket uses a torpedo? dont you mean the torpedo uses a rocket?
either way, an increse in range could be involved. this is all estimate work on part of the sources releasing this info. the stallion is quite a secretive russian project, such that no pictures of it have been released. so taking from that, i assume the PLAN wont be able to get their hands on one.
now, does the plan even really need new russian ashm when it has clearly shown itself capable of developing world class models. if a submarine lauched version of the yj-83 ever coms out, it would be quite a nasty weapon, comparable to the klub( more range, but less speed). id consider the range a bit more important though