one thing people NEVER mention is that the Sunburn is VERY sensitive to jamming.
The reason is that it does not have enough onboard processing power to actually prioritize targets, thus it MUST send data back to the launching platform for discrimination. (the YJ series, benefitting from China's relatively strong semi conductor and electronics industry, is totally close looped at Terminal) Perhaps this is changed in the newest "improved" Moskit, but I've actually never read anything to that extent.
As for actually acquiring a target for OTH attack, it's actually NOT that hard, considering ALL chinese AShMs are active guided in terminal stage, and all you really need to do is to use a surface search Y-8 with a 300-400km search ranger to give a projected target area.
What the Chinese really lacks is not surface or air firepower, but ASW prowess.
anyway, SS-N-22 is actually NOT a carrier killer, the P-500/700 family is the designated primary weapon against a carrier.
The reason is that it does not have enough onboard processing power to actually prioritize targets, thus it MUST send data back to the launching platform for discrimination. (the YJ series, benefitting from China's relatively strong semi conductor and electronics industry, is totally close looped at Terminal) Perhaps this is changed in the newest "improved" Moskit, but I've actually never read anything to that extent.
As for actually acquiring a target for OTH attack, it's actually NOT that hard, considering ALL chinese AShMs are active guided in terminal stage, and all you really need to do is to use a surface search Y-8 with a 300-400km search ranger to give a projected target area.
What the Chinese really lacks is not surface or air firepower, but ASW prowess.
anyway, SS-N-22 is actually NOT a carrier killer, the P-500/700 family is the designated primary weapon against a carrier.