Initially, the CJ-10 was identified as the DH-10 (Chinese: 东海-10; pinyin: Dong Hai 10; lit. 'east sea 10') by Western media and analysts.[7][8] United States Department of Defense reports used "DH-10" until 2011,[9][10] and then "CJ-10" from 2012.[11][12] Publications may use both terms interchangeably.[1][13] The Center for Strategic and International Studies believes that the CJ-10 is a member of the Hongniao (HN) series of missiles;[14] Ian Easton believes that the CJ-10 is the same missile as the HN-2, and that the HN-3 is the "DH-10A".[15]
In 2013, the United States believes that the missile has a range of more than 1,500 km, and can potentially carry either conventional or nuclear payloads;[2] other sources claim the missile has ranges of 2,000 km (1,200 mi; 1,100 nmi),[16] or as much as 4,000 km (2,500 mi; 2,200 nmi).[17] In 2004, the CJ-10 was credited with a CEP of 10 m.[18]
The YJ-100 is a subsonic anti-ship version of the CJ-10 with a range of 800 km (500 mi; 430 nmi). The missile can be air-launched by the H-6 bomber and fired from a vertical launching system of the Type 055 destroyer according to Chinese expert Li Li on Chinese television.[19] The YJ-100 will have an onboard radar and is potentially a counter to the American AGM-158C LRASM.[20]
Developmentedit
The development of the CJ-10 could have potentially benefited significantly from Chinese acquisition of NATO and Soviet missile technology in the 1990s, notably the Kh-55 (purchased from Ukraine), and the Tomahawk cruise missiles (that were unexploded and purchased from Iraq and Serbia).[15] The detailed production engineering data packages of the Kh-55 LACM were bought from Ukraine in 2001.[21] A 1995 Russian document suggested a complete production facility had been transferred to Shanghai, for the development of a nuclear-armed cruise missile. Originally it was thought that this was based on the 300 km-range Raduga Kh-15 (AS-16 'Kickback'), but it now appears that it was the Kh-55 that was transferred to China.[6]
Jane's Information Group reported the CJ-10 was tested 2004.[18] An August 2012 report by Jane's indicated that a shipborne variant of the missile may have been tested on Bi Sheng, a Chinese weapons trial ship.[22]
The United States in 2008 estimated that 50–250 missiles were in service,[23] increasing to 150–350 in 2009.[24]
Variantsedit
CJ-10
Baseline version. Known as DH-10 during the prototype phase.[25]
Air-launched version of the CJ-10[28] with an estimated range of more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi; 1,100 nmi).[29] Reportedly been tested on the Xian H-6; each bomber may carry four missiles externally.[30]
^ abUnited States National Air and Space Intelligence Center Public Affairs Office: p.29
^"PLA's Type 093G submarines 'could destroy Izumo'". Want China Times. 7 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^"China Destroyer Consolidates Innovations, Other Ship Advances". AFCEA. 1 December 2013.
^United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2015, p.39
^ ab"China's new cruise missile programme 'racing ahead'". Jane's Defence Weekly. 12 January 2000. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009.
^Kopp, Carlo; Andrew, Martin (27 January 2014). "PLA Cruise Missiles; PLA Air–Surface Missiles". Air Power Australia.net: 1. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^"DF-10 / CJ-10 / DH-10 surface-to-surface cruise missile". Army Recognition.com. 23 January 2016.
^"Glimpse of China's New Fighter Fuels Rumors". Defense News.com. 5 August 2012.[dead link]
^ abMinnick, Wendell (21 September 2004). "China tests new land-attack cruise missile". Jane's. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ ab"China's anti-ship missiles YJ-12 and YJ-100 revealed". China Military Online. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
^ abLin, Jeffrey; Singer, P. W. (10 March 2015). "China Shows Off Its Deadly New Cruise Missiles". Popular Science.
^"Hatf-7 Babur GLCM". Global Security. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^Rahmat, Ridzwan (14 October 2014). "PLAN commissions fourth Dahua-class vessel". Jane's. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^United States Office of the Secretary of Defense (2008). Annual Report To Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2008 (PDF) (Report). p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^United States Office of the Secretary of Defense (2009). Annual Report To Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2009 (PDF) (Report). p. 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^"DH-10 / CJ-10". Missile Defense Advocacy. January 2023.
^ abFisher, Richard D. Jr. (4 September 2015). "China showcases new weapon systems at 3 September parade". IHS Jane's 360. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
^United States Office of the Secretary of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2010, p.31
^Li, Xiaobing (1 August 2022). "The Dragon's Wing: The People's Liberation Army Air Force's Strategy". Air University.
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