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According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in 2022, the missile has a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi; 1,100 nmi). [4] In 2020, Ta Kung Pao reported the missile's accuracy as "meter-level". [5] According to Chinese reports, the missile may also be carried by the Xi'an H-6K bomber. [6]
According to the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, it is an anti-ship and land-attack missile with a 280 km (170 mi; 150 nmi) range, a 250 kg (550 lb) warhead, and launched from air, land, and naval platforms The missile uses BeiDou satellite navigation, with active radar terminal guidance; the target may be updated by data-link.
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. [5]
According to Janes Information Services, Ta Kung Pao, and International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the missile is speculated to have a weight around 1,000 kg (2,200 lb), a length of 4 m (13 ft), a height of 490 mm (19 in), a width of 750 mm (30 in), a range of 500–1,000 km (270–540 nmi), and a warhead payload of 500 kg (1,100 lb).
The missile can be launched from vertical launching systems, [6] and possibly from submarine torpedo tubes. [3] Chinese media claims the missile has an inertial guidance system using BeiDou Navigation Satellite System data, and carries a 300 kg (660 lb) high-explosive warhead with an anti-radiation seeker.
Surface-to-surface missile, Anti-ship Cruise Missile Turkey: 250 km (160 mi) 0.85-0.90: 800 kg (1,800 lb) 250 kg (550 lb)? In service: Baykar Kemankeş 1: Air to Surface cruise missile Turkey: 150 km (93 mi) 0.30: 40 kg (88 lb) 5 kg (11 lb) Conventional, HE penetration: Under Development [26] Baykar Kemankeş 2: Air to Surface cruise missile Turkey
SM-73 Goose (decoy cruise missile) SM-74 (proposed decoy cruise missile) Sotka (popular name for the MR-UR-100 Sotka) Spanker (NATO reporting name for the MR-UR-100 Sotka) Spartan LIM-49A ABM; Spider (NATO reporting name for the OTR-23 Oka) Spike/Gil (Anti-tank) Sprint ABM; SS-1 Scunner (NATO reporting name for the R-1)
The missiles in this configuration were called the AS-1, and AS-2 with eventual new variants with more development time. The main purpose of Soviet-based cruise missiles was to have defense and offensive mechanisms against enemy ships; in other words, most of the Soviet cruise missiles were anti-ship missiles.