CM-400AKG: A tough job for the Indian Navy

[truthseer]

China has developed a hypersonic Aircraft carrier killer missile and has been deployed by the PAF.
The missile has been described as the PAF’s Hypersonic ‘Carrier Killer Missile’
Pakistan has deployed a new hypersonic long-range air-launched missile that officials in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have described as “a hypersonic aircraft carrier killer missile”.
The CM-400AKG is a Mach 4 plus-capable air-to-surface weapon developed in China and now in service with JF-17 fighter aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force. The weapon, designated CM-400AKG, was designed and developed in China by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and was revealed at Airshow China 2012, held in Zhuhai in November.
The CM-400AKG is now part of the operational weapon set of the PAF’s JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter. “This is a mature weapon that has been fully tested. It is not conceptual. It is in service,” Air Commodore Mahmood Khalid, PAF JF-17 Deputy Project Director stated. “The CM-400AKG is a very high-speed missile that is very tough to intercept. It hits the target at Mach 4 or above and its kinetic impact alone is enough to destroy any high-value target, like an aircraft carrier.”
The CM-400AKG first appeared, briefly, in public at last year’s Dubai Airshow, when a placard for the weapon was placed alongside a PAF JF-17 – and then removed. The weapon itself was not shown. At the time PAF personnel acknowledged it was a new Chinese-built air-to-surface stand-off missile. However, the initial assumption that it was a derivative of the C-802 anti-ship missile has proved to be very wide of the mark.
The CM-400AKG is a 400 kg solid-rocket-powered weapon that can be fitted with either a penetration or blast/fragmentation warhead. It is a fire-and-forget precision-guided weapon that can be fitted with several seeker options, which are understood to include an active radar seeker and an imaging infrared seeker with target-recognition (TR) capabilities. PAF sources say the missile can be pre-programmed with digital imagery for highly precise attacks against fixed sites in TR mode, but it can also be re-targeted in flight by using the radar seeker option.
The range of the CM-400AKG is estimated to be in the 200-250 km class(Indian navy ships will need to be at max 200km away from Pakistani coastline, to enforce an effective blockade). It is designed for use against fixed or what were described as “slow moving” targets. CASIC data indicates that after launch the CM-400AKG climbs to high altitude and terminates with a high-speed dive on the target. The PAF describes the missile’s impact velocity as “hypersonic” (> Mach 5).
Both CASIC and the PAF note that the CM-400AKG has been developed as a JF-17 Aircraft carrier killer weapon. The PAF currently has two squadrons of approximately 36 JF-17s operational.

CM-400AKG, tough job for Indian Navy | thedefencejournal

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Anyways, we seem to be doing well

 

[M.harris]

Good job

 

[kaykay]

why would Indian carriers be close to Pakistani coastline?? I guess they will be well 400-500km away and still can launch fighters for strike.

 

[Markus]

Seems a potent weapon.

 

[xuxu1457]

5.2m long, 400mm diameter，900kg, range 240KM, Maximum Speed 5.5MH

 

[truthseer]

why would Indian carriers be close to Pakistani coastline?? I guess they will be well 400-500km away and still can launch fighters for strike.

Pakistan's navy is there for defensive purposes. We have no illusions of being able to take on and beat your navy. Therefore, our biggest purpose is to protect our coastlines and ensure that there is no blockade by the Indian navy. Indian navy ships will need to be, at maximum, 200km away from Pakistani coastline, to enforce an effective blockade. This will help us prevent that, which is the main purpose of our navy after all

 

[Manindra]

Interestingly , everybody make any anti-ship missile name it "Carrier-Killer" but they want C.B.G. by any cost.

 

[rockstarIN]

Seems a potent weapon.

it is, but the delivery system (AC) has to come close to 50-80- km range at least for a lock on target to launch the missile.

Counter measures will already be in air much before it comes near that range.

 

[Markus]

it is, but the delivery system (AC) has to come close to 50-80- km range at least for a lock on target to launch the missile.

Counter measures will already be in air much before it comes near that range.

But it says range is 200/250 kms ?

 

[Beerbal]

it is, but the delivery system (AC) has to come close to 50-80- km range at least for a lock on target to launch the missile.

Counter measures will already be in air much before it comes near that range.

For bigger target , detection range is much larger than 80KM. Bigger target like AC can be detected by an Aircraft form 200-300 KM. But the big question is , can that aircraft have lock on AC from that far????


Carrier killer is old dream, but yet its not easy to have a carrier killer..

 

[GR!FF!N]

while Cm-400 AKG(though some source still claims that it is under development) has range around 240 km,but integration with JF-17 is a bad move as JF-17's radar is much inferior and max range(though still not published clearly) is around 120 km(some pakistani member might want to clear this doubt as some members suggested that look down mode generally has lesser range than A2A mode).so,whatever it is,if JF-17 has to take shot,it'll have to be dangerously close to fire that missile,well within CBG's Air Defence as well as Fighter escorts.and as for deploying Aircraft carrier against Pakistan,we don't have to as mostly Airforce will be used to do that job.

 

[confound thinker]

ya i think India also needs such a weapon in this class.
which is significantly lighter and can be carried like 2 or 3 a piece in a single aircraft.and also be in the high supersonic mach 5+
class.I don't
think they will be much effective against carriers but can be deadly against smaller ships with lesser protection

 

[Beerbal]

while Cm-400 AKG(though some source still claims that it is under development) has range around 240 km,but integration with JF-17 is a bad move as JF-17's radar is much inferior and max range(though still not published clearly) is around 120 km(some pakistani member might want to clear this doubt as some members suggested that look down mode generally has lesser range than A2A mode).so,whatever it is,if JF-17 has to take shot,it'll have to be dangerously close to fire that missile,well within CBG's Air Defence as well as Fighter escorts.and as for deploying Aircraft carrier against Pakistan,we don't have to as mostly Airforce will be used to do that job.

Agree with you, I am definitely sure that "look down mode" is lesser than A2A mode... To kill a carrier in carrier battle group is tough job (though not impossible)
1. First point of defense is Patroling aircraft (F18/Rafael/MiG29K)
2. second layer of defence is Air defense ships (usually frigates) with 3 layer of security, LRSAM, MR-SAM, SR-SAM
3. 3rd layer of security is Carrier itself, the SAM on carrier
4. 4th layer of security is gatelling gun, it create a wall of bullets in front of invader...

Finally, if missile hit Carrier the massive size of carrier itself is defense , It will be unusable but not destroyed...



Welcome Carrier Killer...

 

[abbas.hasan]

Wish Pakistanis had some role in the making of a hyper sonic carrier killer missile!

 

[Beerbal]

ya i think India also needs such a weapon in this class.
which is significantly lighter and can be carried like 2 or 3 a piece in a single aircraft.and also be in the high supersonic mach 5+
class.I don't
think they will be much effective against carriers but can be deadly against smaller ships with lesser protection

it can surely create havoc to undefended ship. I think in future we will use air-launched brahmos for ASW roles. Put some brahmos on P-8I and see the magic..