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The '''YJ-83''' ({{zh|c=鹰击-83|p=yingji-83|l=eagle strike 83}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''CSS-N-8 Saccade''') is a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] subsonic [[anti-ship missile|anti-ship]] [[cruise missile]]. It is manufactured by the [[China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation]] Third Academy.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}
The '''YJ-83''' ({{zh|c=鹰击-83|p=yingji-83|l=eagle strike 83}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''CSS-N-8 [[Saccade]]''') is a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] subsonic [[anti-ship missile|anti-ship]] [[cruise missile]]. It is manufactured by the [[China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation]] Third Academy.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}


==Description==
==Description==
The YJ-83 uses microprocessors and a strapdown [[inertial reference unit]] (IRU); these are more compact than the equivalent electronics used in the [[YJ-8]] and the export C-802, allowing the YJ-83 to have a 180-km range at [[Mach number|Mach]] 0.9. The missile is powered by the Chinese CTJ-2 turbojet, and carries a 190-kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Terminal guidance is by an active radar.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}
The YJ-83 uses microprocessors and a strapdown [[inertial reference unit]] (IRU); these are more compact than the equivalent electronics used in the [[YJ-8]] and the export C-802, allowing the YJ-83 to have a 180-km range at [[Mach number|Mach]] 0.9. The missile is powered by the Chinese CTJ-2 turbojet, and carries a 190-kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Terminal guidance is by an active radar.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}


The air-launched '''YJ-83K''' has a range of 180-km, a cruise speed of Mach 0.9, and a 165&nbsp;kg high-explosive, semi-armour piercing warhead. The improved '''YJ-83KH''' uses a imaging-infrared seeker and has a range of 230&nbsp;km;<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02">{{cite web |last1=Rupprecht |first1=Andreas |title=Images show PLAAF J-16 armed with YJ-83K anti-ship missile |website=Janes |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/images-show-plaaf-j-16-armed-with-yj-83k-anti-ship-missile |date=18 February 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> reportedly it may receive course corrections by remote link.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=102}}
The air-launched '''YJ-83K''' has a range of 180&nbsp;km, a cruise speed of Mach 0.9, and a 165&nbsp;kg high-explosive, semi-armour piercing warhead. The improved '''YJ-83KH''' uses a imaging-infrared seeker and has a range of 230&nbsp;km;<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02">{{cite web |last1=Rupprecht |first1=Andreas |title=Images show PLAAF J-16 armed with YJ-83K anti-ship missile |website=Janes |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/images-show-plaaf-j-16-armed-with-yj-83k-anti-ship-missile |date=18 February 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> reportedly it may receive course corrections by remote link.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=102}}


The YJ-83 entered service with the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] in 1998-1999,{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}} equipping large numbers of its surface warships.{{sfn|United States Office of Naval Intelligence |2015 |p=16}} The YJ-83K is the standard anti-ship missile carried by the [[People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force]];<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/> the United States reported the usage in 2014.<ref name="cmpr_2014">{{Cite report |author=United States Office of the Secretary of Defense |author-link=Office of the Secretary of Defense |title=Annual Report To Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2014 |url=http://www.defense.gov/pubs/2014_DoD_China_Report.pdf |page=40 |access-date=11 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709141307/http://www.defense.gov/pubs/2014_DoD_China_Report.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2015 |url-status=live |date=June 2014}}</ref> The [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] was using the YJ-83K by February 2020.<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>
The YJ-83 entered service with the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] in 1998 and 1999,{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}} equipping large numbers of its surface warships.{{sfn|United States Office of Naval Intelligence |2015 |p=16}} The YJ-83K is the standard anti-ship missile carried by the [[People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force]];<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/> the United States reported the usage in 2014.<ref name="cmpr_2014">{{Cite report |author=United States Office of the Secretary of Defense |author-link=Office of the Secretary of Defense |title=Annual Report To Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2014 |url=http://www.defense.gov/pubs/2014_DoD_China_Report.pdf |page=40 |access-date=11 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709141307/http://www.defense.gov/pubs/2014_DoD_China_Report.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2015 |url-status=live |date=June 2014}}</ref> The [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] was using the YJ-83K by February 2020.<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
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On 14 July 2006 during the [[2006 Lebanon War]], [[Hezbollah]] fired two Chinese-built C-802 missiles with upgraded [[Iran]]ian radar seekers. The first hit a Cambodian-flagged Egyptian freighter 60 km offshore. The other hit the [[Israeli Navy]]'s [[Sa'ar 5-class corvette]] [[INS Hanit|INS ''Hanit'']], which was patrolling 8.5 nm offshore of [[Beirut]]. The missile hit the corvette's unstealthy crane near the rear helicopter pad; the explosion holed the pad, set fire to fuel storage, and killed four crewmembers. The fire was extinguished after four hours and ''Hanit'' returned to [[Port of Ashdod|Ashdod]] under its own power for three weeks of repairs. The corvette's automatic anti-missile systems were deactivated before the attack; Israel was unaware that Hezbollah had C-802s, and there were concerns over [[friendly fire]] with the [[Israeli Air Force]].<ref>{{cite report |last1=Zakheim |first1=Dov S. |date=February 2012 |title=The United States Navy and Israeli Navy: Background, current issues, scenarios, and prospects |url=https://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/D0026727.A1.pdf |publisher=CNA |page=27-28 |id=COP D0026727.A1/Final |access-date= }}</ref>
On 14 July 2006 during the [[2006 Lebanon War]], [[Hezbollah]] fired two Chinese-built C-802 missiles with upgraded [[Iran]]ian radar seekers. The first hit a Cambodian-flagged Egyptian freighter 60 km offshore. The other hit the [[Israeli Navy]]'s [[Sa'ar 5-class corvette]] [[INS Hanit|INS ''Hanit'']], which was patrolling 8.5 nm offshore of [[Beirut]]. The missile hit the corvette's unstealthy crane near the rear helicopter pad; the explosion holed the pad, set fire to fuel storage, and killed four crewmembers. The fire was extinguished after four hours and ''Hanit'' returned to [[Port of Ashdod|Ashdod]] under its own power for three weeks of repairs. The corvette's automatic anti-missile systems were deactivated before the attack; Israel was unaware that Hezbollah had C-802s, and there were concerns over [[friendly fire]] with the [[Israeli Air Force]].<ref>{{cite report |last1=Zakheim |first1=Dov S. |date=February 2012 |title=The United States Navy and Israeli Navy: Background, current issues, scenarios, and prospects |url=https://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/D0026727.A1.pdf |publisher=CNA |page=27-28 |id=COP D0026727.A1/Final |access-date= }}</ref>


In October 2016, a cruise missile launched by Houthis in Yemen damaged [[HSV-2 Swift|HSV-2 ''Swift'']], an unarmed transport ship under the control of the United Arab Emirates (who is opposed to the Houthis in Yemen's civil war). Analysis of the damage caused by that missile led experts to believe it was a C-802, as the missile had an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead.<ref>{{cite news|title=USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend From Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack|date=2016-10-11|publisher=USNI|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack|access-date=12 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809090937/https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack|archive-date=9 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
In October 2016, a cruise missile launched by Houthis in Yemen damaged [[HSV-2 Swift|HSV-2 ''Swift'']], an unarmed transport ship under the control of the United Arab Emirates (who is opposed to the Houthis in [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemen's civil war]]). Analysis of the damage caused by that missile led experts to believe it was a C-802, as the missile had an [[explosively formed penetrator]] (EFP) warhead.<ref>{{cite news|title=USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend From Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack|date=2016-10-11|publisher=USNI|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack|access-date=12 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809090937/https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack|archive-date=9 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>


==C-802A==
==C-802A==
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==Variants==
==Variants==
;YJ-83
;YJ-83
Initial surface-launched version with 120km range.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}
Initial surface-launched version with 120&nbsp;km range.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}


;YJ-83A/YJ-83J
;YJ-83A/YJ-83J
Variant with enhanced range; 180 km for surface-launch and 250 km for air-launch.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}
Variant with enhanced range; 180&nbsp;km for surface-launch and 250&nbsp;km for air-launch.{{sfn|Gormley |Erickson |Yuan |2014b |p=101}}


;YJ-83K
;YJ-83K
Air-launched variant with 180km range.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/2020/05/15/86a8e7b4-28b5-42c6-8f57-610f2525e47f |title=Images show PLAAF J-16 armed with YJ-83K anti-ship missile |website=Janes |date=18 February 2020}}</ref>
Air-launched variant with 180&nbsp;km range.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/2020/05/15/86a8e7b4-28b5-42c6-8f57-610f2525e47f |title=Images show PLAAF J-16 armed with YJ-83K anti-ship missile |website=Janes |date=18 February 2020}}</ref>


;YJ-83KH
;YJ-83KH
Air-launched variant with imaging-infrared seeker and 230 km.<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>
Air-launched variant with imaging-infrared seeker and 230&nbsp;km.<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>


;C-802
;C-802
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;{{BGD}}
;{{BGD}}
*[[Bangladesh Navy]]: C-802, C-802A{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=251}}
*[[Bangladesh Navy]]: C-802, C-802A{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=251}}
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;{{CHN}}
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*[[People's Liberation Army Air Force]]<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>
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*[[People's Liberation Army Navy]]{{sfn|United States Office of Naval Intelligence |2015 |p=17}}
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*[[People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force]]<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>
;{{flag|Hezbollah}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/hezbollahs-rocket-arsenal/|title=Missiles and Rockets of Hezbollah|website=Missile Threat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426050730/https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/hezbollahs-rocket-arsenal/|archive-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>
;{{INA}}
;{{INA}}
*[[Indonesian Navy]]: C-802{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=273}}
*[[Indonesian Navy]]: C-802{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=273}}
[[File:C-802 (top) and C-705 (bottom) missiles being launched-1024x576.png|thumb|C-802 (top) and [[C-705]] (bottom) missile launches against [[target ship]] [[HNLMS_Van_Speijk_(F802)#Sinking_as_target_ship|KRI ''Slamet Riyadi'']].]]
;{{IRI}}
;{{IRI}}
*[[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy]]: C-802 and an Iranian copy called [[Noor (missile)|Noor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Missiles-And-Rockets-97/IRAN-FIRST-CUSTOMER-TO-BUY-CHINESE-C802-ANTI-SHIP-MISSILE.html |title=IRAN FIRST CUSTOMER TO BUY CHINESE C802 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701143343/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Missiles-And-Rockets-97/IRAN-FIRST-CUSTOMER-TO-BUY-CHINESE-C802-ANTI-SHIP-MISSILE.html |archive-date=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy]]: C-802 and an Iranian copy called [[Noor (missile)|Noor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Missiles-And-Rockets-97/IRAN-FIRST-CUSTOMER-TO-BUY-CHINESE-C802-ANTI-SHIP-MISSILE.html |title=IRAN FIRST CUSTOMER TO BUY CHINESE C802 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701143343/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Missiles-And-Rockets-97/IRAN-FIRST-CUSTOMER-TO-BUY-CHINESE-C802-ANTI-SHIP-MISSILE.html |archive-date=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*[[Pakistan Air Force]]: C-802AK<ref name="Dominguez_2018-03-06">{{cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Gabriel |url=https://www.janes.com/article/78378/pn-paf-successfully-test-fire-c-802-anti-ship-cruise-missiles |title=PN, PAF successfully test-fire C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles |date=6 March 2018 |website=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=12 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812214150/https://www.janes.com/article/78378/pn-paf-successfully-test-fire-c-802-anti-ship-cruise-missiles |archive-date=12 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Pakistan Air Force]]: C-802AK<ref name="Dominguez_2018-03-06">{{cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Gabriel |url=https://www.janes.com/article/78378/pn-paf-successfully-test-fire-c-802-anti-ship-cruise-missiles |title=PN, PAF successfully test-fire C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles |date=6 March 2018 |website=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=12 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812214150/https://www.janes.com/article/78378/pn-paf-successfully-test-fire-c-802-anti-ship-cruise-missiles |archive-date=12 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Pakistan Navy]]: C-802, C-802A{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=298}}
*[[Pakistan Navy]]: C-802, C-802A{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=298}}
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;{{PRC}}
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*[[People's Liberation Army Air Force]]<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>
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*[[People's Liberation Army Navy]]{{sfn|United States Office of Naval Intelligence |2015 |p=17}}
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*[[People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force]]<ref name="janes_rupprecht_2020-02"/>
;{{SYR}}
;{{SYR}}
*[[Syrian Arab Navy]]: C-802{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=370}}
*[[Syrian Arab Navy]]: C-802{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=370}}
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*[[Yemeni Navy]]: C-802<ref name="Binnie_2015-10-29">{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/55592/yemeni-rebels-claim-third-anti-ship-missile-attack |title=Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack |last1=Binnie |first1=Jeremy |date=29 October 2015 |website=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=20 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408012823/http://www.janes.com/article/55592/yemeni-rebels-claim-third-anti-ship-missile-attack |archive-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Yemeni Navy]]: C-802<ref name="Binnie_2015-10-29">{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/55592/yemeni-rebels-claim-third-anti-ship-missile-attack |title=Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack |last1=Binnie |first1=Jeremy |date=29 October 2015 |website=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=20 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408012823/http://www.janes.com/article/55592/yemeni-rebels-claim-third-anti-ship-missile-attack |archive-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
;{{VEN}}
;{{VEN}}
*[[Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela]]: C-802A (ordered)<ref>{{cite web |title=China Arming Venezuelan Navy With Anti-Ship Missiles |url=https://news.usni.org/2020/10/16/china-arming-venezuelan-navy-with-anti-ship-missiles |website=[[USNI News]] |date=2020-10-16 |access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref>{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=383}}
*[[Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela]]: C-802A on Guaiquerí-class boats and fast attack craft<ref>{{cite web |title=China Arming Venezuelan Navy With Anti-Ship Missiles |url=https://news.usni.org/2020/10/16/china-arming-venezuelan-navy-with-anti-ship-missiles |website=[[USNI News]] |date=2020-10-16 |access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref>{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=383}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Noor (missile)|Noor]] and [[Ghader (missile)|Ghader]], derivative of the C-802 produced by [[Iran]]
*[[Noor (missile)|Noor]] and [[Ghader (missile)|Ghader]], derivative of the C-802 produced by [[Iran]]
*[[Exocet]]
*{{lwc|Exocet}}
*[[Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]]
*{{lwc|Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon}}
*[[Kh-35]]
*{{lwc|Kh-35}}
*[[Otomat]]
*{{lwc|Otomat}}
*[[RBS-15]]
*{{lwc|RBS 15}}
*[[R-360 Neptune]]
*{{lwc|R-360 Neptune}}
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{{commons category|YJ-83}}


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[[Category:Anti-ship cruise missiles of the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:Anti-ship cruise missiles of the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1990s]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1990s]]
[[Category:Surface-to-surface missiles of China]]

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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]

Description[edit]

The YJ-83 uses microprocessors and a strapdown inertial reference unit (IRU); these are more compact than the equivalent electronics used in the YJ-8 and the export C-802, allowing the YJ-83 to have a 180-km range at Mach 0.9. The missile is powered by the Chinese CTJ-2 turbojet, and carries a 190-kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Terminal guidance is by an active radar.[6]

The air-launched YJ-83K has a range of 180 km, a cruise speed of Mach 0.9, and a 165 kg high-explosive, semi-armour piercing warhead. The improved YJ-83KH uses a imaging-infrared seeker and has a range of 230 km;[4] reportedly it may receive course corrections by remote link.[7]

The YJ-83 entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1998 and 1999,[6] equipping large numbers of its surface warships.[8] The YJ-83K is the standard anti-ship missile carried by the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force;[4] the United States reported the usage in 2014.[9] The People's Liberation Army Air Force was using the YJ-83K by February 2020.[4]

Operational history[edit]

On 14 July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah fired two Chinese-built C-802 missiles with upgraded Iranian radar seekers. The first hit a Cambodian-flagged Egyptian freighter 60 km offshore. The other hit the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 5-class corvette INS Hanit, which was patrolling 8.5 nm offshore of Beirut. The missile hit the corvette's unstealthy crane near the rear helicopter pad; the explosion holed the pad, set fire to fuel storage, and killed four crewmembers. The fire was extinguished after four hours and Hanit returned to Ashdod under its own power for three weeks of repairs. The corvette's automatic anti-missile systems were deactivated before the attack; Israel was unaware that Hezbollah had C-802s, and there were concerns over friendly fire with the Israeli Air Force.[10]

In October 2016, a cruise missile launched by Houthis in Yemen damaged HSV-2 Swift, an unarmed transport ship under the control of the United Arab Emirates (who is opposed to the Houthis in Yemen's civil war). Analysis of the damage caused by that missile led experts to believe it was a C-802, as the missile had an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead.[11]

C-802A[edit]

C-802

The C-802 precedes the closely related YJ-83.[12] It is powered by the French TRI 60-2 turbojet[6] and has a range of 65 nautical miles (120 km). The C-802 is considered a part of the YJ-83 family by the US military.[8] The C-802 is sometimes and erroneously considered the export version of the YJ-82; the two are separate developments.[13]

The C-802A[12] and C-802AK are the export surface- and air-launched variants.[6] The C-802A has a range of 97 nautical miles (180 km).[2][3][8]

Variants[edit]

YJ-83

Initial surface-launched version with 120 km range.[6]

YJ-83A/YJ-83J

Variant with enhanced range; 180 km for surface-launch and 250 km for air-launch.[6]

YJ-83K

Air-launched variant with 180 km range.[14]

YJ-83KH

Air-launched variant with imaging-infrared seeker and 230 km.[4]

C-802

Predecessor of the YJ-83.[12]

C-802A

Export variant of the surface-launched YJ-83.[6][12]

C-802K

Export version of the air-launched YJ-83.[6]

Operators[edit]

Map with YJ-83 operators in blue
 Algeria
 Bangladesh
 China
 Hezbollah[18]
 Indonesia
C-802 (top) and C-705 (bottom) missile launches against target ship KRI Slamet Riyadi.
 Iran
 Myanmar
 Pakistan
 Syria
 Thailand
 Yemen
 Venezuela

See also[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to YJ-83.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gormley, Erickson & Yuan 2014a, p. 16.
  2. ^ a b "Thailand flexes anti-ship missile capabilities in Andaman Sea with C-802A firing". Janes. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Bangladesh Navy has launched five new warships including 2 frigates - 1 corvette and 2 survey ships". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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