Chinese Antiship Missiles

摘要

China produces several families of antiship missiles: those derived from the Soviet P-15 (SS-N-2 Styx) such as the SY-1/HY-1/HY-2 Saf-flower/Silkworm (CCS-C-2/CSS-N-2) types, the supersonic C101/C301 (CSS-C-5 Saples/CSS-C-6 Saw-horse) family, the compact C801/ C802 (CSS-N-4 Sardine/CSS- N-8 Saccade) in the Exocet class, and the new C-602 in the Tomahawk class. China has been attempting to expand its export sales of antiship missiles, but has had limited success due to its reliance until recently on the outdated Silkworm. The new missiles are an attempt to circumvent the technology gap, but China now faces stiff competition from other advanced antiship missiles, especially those available from Russia.