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According to the United States, the air-launched (YJ-12) and ship-launched (YJ-12A) variants have 270 nmi (310 mi; 500 km) ranges. [4] [5] Speeds of Mach 2.5 [3] to 4 [1] have been reported. The YJ-12 may perform evasive maneuvers to avoid anti-missile threats. [7] According to War on the Rocks, a ship has 45 seconds to engage a YJ-12 after sea ...
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A BGM-109 Tomahawk flying in November 2002. A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled guided missile that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path.
A pilot inspects an AGM-65 Maverick missile on his A-10 Thunderbolt II. The RAF's Brimstone missile is a fire and forget anti-tank missile. A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the German Luftwaffe
The YJ-83 missile was introduced in the 1990s, giving a large boost in range. The even rangier YJ-62 was introduced in 2005. In 2008 the "Coastal Thunderbolt 1st Regiment" was established, which was the first fully mobile anti-ship unit, capable of deploying in unprepared positions and of operating in hostile electromagnetic environments. [ 8 ]
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The latest variant is the YJ-83, with a range exceeding 250 km, and capable of making its final approach at Mach 1.5 to penetrate ship defenses. In addition, a variant revealed at 2006 Zhuhai Airshow designated as C-802KD/YJ-82KD has ground attack capabilities similar to the AGM-84 SLAM. All YJ8 models can be launched from a common boxed launcher.
KD-88 is derived from YJ-83 missile. [3] KD-88 uses the body of YJ-83 but replaces the seeker with CCD/TV-seeker. The KD-88A variant uses an imaging infrared (IIR) seeker for terminal inferred homing. TL-17 is the IIR variant made for export. [4] It can be launched from a fighter aircraft or a bomber.