Also Known As
C-801 (YJ-81 export name) C-801K (YJ-8K export name) C-801Q (YJ-8Q export name) C-802 (YJ-82 export name) C-802A (improved C-802 missile version) C-803 (YJ-83 export name) CSS-N-4 Sardine (NATO codename) CSS-N-8 Saccade (NATO codename for YJ-82 and YJ-83) Noor (Iranian nick for C-802 missile) Tondar-69 (Iranian variant) YingJi-8 YJ-81 YJ-82 (shore-to-ship version) YJ-83K (YJ-83 air-launch version) YJ-8K (YJ-8 air-launch version) YJ-8Q (YJ-8 submarine-launched version)
Origin China
Applications
FBC-1 Type 022 Type 039 Type 039A Type 051 Type 051B Type 051C Type 052 Type 052B Type 053H2 Type 053H2G Type 053H3 Type 054 Type 054A Type 091
Description:
The YJ-8, CSS-N-4 Sardine NATO codename, is a family of anti-ship missiles developed by HaiYing Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy in China for use by surface ships, submarines, land and airborne platforms. The YJ-8 missile development started in the 1970s and deployed with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, the PLA introduced the YJ-82 and YJ-83 variants featuring extended range. Basically, the YJ-8 is family of highly subsonic/supersonic, short, medium to long-range sea-skimming missiles.
The YJ-8 and YJ-81 have a maximum range of 40 and 80 kilometers respectively. The YJ-82 missile, C-802 export name, has a range of 120 kilometers and is intended to provide coastal defense launched from land mobile platforms. The C-802A is an improved variant of YJ-82 available for export customers beginning in 2005. All these variants are subsonic missiles with terminal guidance radar seeker. The mid-course navigation is based on the Inertial Navigation System (INS). Each missile is provided with a 165kg armor-piercing warhead. The missile's flight altitude varies from 20-30 meters cruise to 7 meters at the terminal stage.
The YJ-83 is a long-range anti-ship missile designed to meet the requirements of the PLA Navy (PLAN). The YJ-83 has a range of 150 to 200 kilometers and introduces a data-link to receive target updates from airborne assets such as helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft. The YJ-83 can fly at supersonic speeds (Mach 1.5) during the terminal phase of the flight (approx 15 kilometers). The PLAN is deploying the YJ-83 missile as the standard anti-ship missile onboard frigates and destroyers.
Specifications Dimensions: Diameter 0.4 m, Length 6.4 m, Wingspan 1.2 m
Weights: Warhead 165 kg (364 lb)
Performance: Cruise Speed Mach 0.90 (1,076 kph), Max Range 200 km (108 nm), Top Speed Mach 1.50 (1,793 kph)
Iran purchased C-802 Noor land-based coastal defense missiles (at least 60) in the 1990s and also has developed the Tondar series of short-range anti-ship missiles based on the C-801 missile with a range between 8 to 42 kilometers
Thailand
Operates C-801/YJ-81 missiles onboard its Type 053HT class frigates
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Notes (*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Bangladesh
China
Iran / 60 
Thailand