YJ-8
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1987
Total Production : ?
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.
Model | Status | Year | Produced |
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YJ-83 | Active | ? | |
YJ-85 | Active | 2014 | ? |
YJ-83
Group : Anti-Ship Missiles
Status : Active
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-802AK (2013 advanced anti-ship missile), 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
Total Production : ?
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.
Operators
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![]() | Active | ? | Purchased C-802 shore-to-ship missiles |
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![]() | Active | 60 | 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 |
![]() | Active | ? | C-802 missiles operated by Hezbollah |
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![]() | Active | ? | C-802 missiles |
![]() | Active | ? | Operates C-801/YJ-81 missiles onboard its Type 053HT class frigates |
![]() | Active | ? | C-802/YJ-82 missiles ordered in 2020 to equip Avante 2000 warships |
![]() | Active | ? | Noor variant |
Specifications
Notes | ||
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Dimensions | ||
Diameter | 0.36 meter | |
Length | 6.4 meter | |
Wingspan | 1.2 meter | |
Mass | ||
Warhead | 165 kilogram | |
Performance | ||
Max Range | 200 kilometer | |
Speed | ||
Cruise Speed | 0.90 mach | |
Top Speed | 1.5 mach |
YJ-85
Group : Cruise Missiles
Status : Active
Also Known As : C-805 (YJ-85 export name)
Origin : China
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2014
Total Production : ?
The YJ-85, C-805 export name, is a supersonic, long-range, land-attack cruise missile variant of the YJ-8 anti-ship missile family. It is said that YJ-85 navigation system is based on a combination of GPS and terrain recognition. Overall performance of this land attack missile is close to the US SLAM which is, as well, a derivative of the Harpoon anti-ship missile. The YJ-85 may enter service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by 2010.
Operators
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News
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC) showcased a new type of anti-ship ballistic missile at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong
Russian media recently confirmed that the Kh-35E tactical air-launched anti-ship cruise missile was being incorporated aboard Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th-generation stealth
The Chinese government will supply eight modified diesel-electric attack submarines to Pakistan by the year 2028.
China could export a modern fighter jet to developing countries to take a bigger share of the international military aircraft market and boost its aviation industry, experts have suggested.
TEHRAN, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Iran has conducted night-time test launches of the Shahab class medium range ballistic missiles with multiple warheads as part of large-scale
Photo Gallery
January 2015

Chinese C802A anti-ship missile
December 2013

PLAN YJ-83 anti-ship missile December 2013
Notes
State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning
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