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Pakistan Receives C602 Anti-ship Missiles

The YJ-62 cruise missile is a PLAN analogue to the anti-shipping variants of the RGM-109 Tomahawk/MRASM. The weapon has a similar general configuration to the Tomahawk family, but employs a unique fixed scoop inlet for the air breathing engine.

Claims for this weapon include an active radar homing seeker with a monopulse antenna, GPS/Glonass/inertial midcourse guidance, alternate turbojet and turbofan engines, and ship, sub, coastal battery and air launch configurations.

Cited specifications include a length of 6.1/7.0 metres, launch mass of 1,140/1,350 kg, warhead mass of 300 kg, cruise speed of 0.9 Mach, range for turbojet variant of 280 km / 150 NMI, and dual mode anti-ship and coastal target capability similar to later blocks of the Harpoon.

The YJ-62 is claimed to have been deployed on the Type 052C Luyang II destroyer.
 
YJ-62 / C-602
The YJ-62 anti-shipping cruise missile is the PLAN counterpart to the anti-shipping variant of the RGM-109 Tomahawk, and has a generally similar configuration to the Tomahawk. However, compared to the Tomahawk, fins are rather smaller, more forward of the exhaust, and disposed X rather than T. The air scoop inlet is rather larger, and fixed rather than deployable. The YJ-62 / C-602 is a medium-range, sea-skimming cruise missile that can be launched from air, land or sea. Despite carrying the development variant designation of the YJ-6 (C-601, SS-N-2 Styx copy, NATO reporting name: CAS-1 Kraken) anti-ship missile family, the new YJ-62 bears little resemblance to the YJ-6. The missile body of the YJ-62 appears to be much slimmer and lighter, and clearly a more modern design than the YJ-6.

Each missile carries a 300 kg armor-piercing high-explosive warhead. The C602 wings can be folded back, and the location of the fixed scoop inlet is on the ventral side of the missile, mounted slightly forward of the cruciform tail fins. It uses a turbojet engine, and can reach a maximum range of 280 km and a minimum range of 40-60 kilometers. The YJ-62 has high subsonic speed, with a maximum flight speed of about Mach 0.6-0.8. The cruise height of 30 meters, and the last segment of the flight can go down to an altitude of 7-10 meters. The YJ-62 is still making use of the Chinese anti-ship missile active radar guidance system, the specific form an agile monopulse radar system. The role of airborne radar from a distance of 40 kilometers, while the small YJ-83 (C-803) anti-ship missiles, airborne radar missile range is only 25 kilometers. The YJ-62 radar may be plus or minus 40 degrees to the sea fan search.

A standard coastal battery consists of four launch vehicles, each with three missiles, plus command and support vehicles. On ships, the YJ-62/C-602 launchers are typically positioned in pairs, as on the Type 052C (Lanzhou-class) destroyers of the People's Liberation Army Navy, first deployed in 2004. The 04 October 2006 issue of Jane's Defence Weekly reported that the YJ-62 anti-ship cruise missile was displayed from September 20 to 24 at the African Aerospace and Defence exhibition at Ysterplaat Air Base in Cape Town, South Africa. This was the first time the C-602 had been formally shown internationally.

The PLA completed an upgrade to the ground-launched YJ-62 ASCM in 2008. The new variant, the YJ-62C, has a range of more than 150 NM. According to press reports, by 2009 the PLA Navy had deployed 120 YJ-62Cs to naval bases in Fujian province, across from Taiwan.

In 2009 the Pakistan Navy purchased 120 Chinese C-602 long range anti-ship cruise missiles from China to counter the threat posed to the surface fleet of Pakistan's navy by the proliferation of the Russian supersonic AntiShip missiles P-800 Oniks / Yakhont / PJ-10 Brahmos. The YJ-62 missile may be the basis for a future PLAN land attack cruise missile comparable to US Navy's Tomahawk. The YJ-62 can be fitted with an alternative seeker to enable engagement of land targets.

Length 6.1m (without booster);
7m (with booster)
Diameter N/A
Wingspan N/A
Launch weight 1,140kg (without booster);
1,350kg (with booster)
Warhead 300kg HE
Propulsion One turbojet/turbofan engine, one solid booster
Max speed Mach 0.9
Max range 280km / 150 NM
Flight Altitude 30m (flight); 7~10 m (attacking)
Guidance Mode Inertial + GPS, terminal active radar
Single-Shot Hit Probability N/A
 
This missile (or was it C802?) could not take out small Israeli ship in 2008 when Hezbollah struck Israeli Naval Ship with C-602/802 etc.

Not that good.
Not a very capable missile, an Israeli ship INS Hanit (small corvette 1300 Tons) was hit by it when Hisbulla fired one in 2006 and survived to be repaired, an anti ship missile should effectively sink.
That was NOT C602 but rather C705 or C802. And that may well have not hit the ship superstructure but a ship's crane.
 
If we lack in SAM than we should better buy Air-defence-FLAK ships and not this 6 FAC ^^
Different doctrine.For high altitude air defense,toltal reliance on air force. for low and medium altitude enough crotel and Anza
 
YJ-62 is not C602. C602 range is limited by MTCR. However, rumors said it is very easy to refit it to the original version of YJ-62.
 
Comparing specifications with that of Babur cruise missile, the two missiles appear to be quite similar.

Babur:


Weight 1500 kg, Pay load 300 kg. Max speed Mach 0.8

Length 6.225 meters, Diameter 0.52 meters, Wingspan 2.67 meters. Turbofan engine with 700 km range.

C-602

Length 6.1m (without booster); 7m (with booster).Launch weight 1,140kg (without booster);
1,350kg (with booster) Warhead 300kg HE
Propulsion One turbojet/turbofan engine, one solid booster. Max speed Mach 0.9
Max range 280km / 150 NM

The very fact that PN is using 602 implies that indigenous cruise missile Babur is still not fully mature and lacks accuracy. Am I coming to wrong conclusions???
 
Comparing specifications with that of Babur cruise missile, the two missiles appear to be quite similar.
Babur:

Weight 1500 kg, Pay load 300 kg. Max speed Mach 0.8

Length 6.225 meters, Diameter 0.52 meters, Wingspan 2.67 meters. Turbofan engine with 700 km range.

C-602

Length 6.1m (without booster); 7m (with booster).Launch weight 1,140kg (without booster);
1,350kg (with booster) Warhead 300kg HE
Propulsion One turbojet/turbofan engine, one solid booster. Max speed Mach 0.9
Max range 280km / 150 NM

The very fact that PN is using 602 implies that indigenous cruise missile Babur is still not fully mature and lacks accuracy. Am I coming to wrong conclusions???

Anti-ship versions (conventional, with radar seekers) of Cruise Missiles (both Babur and Ra'ad) have not yet been developed. Therefore they cannot be used in anti-ship role, although being surgically accurate against static ground targets.
 
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Comparing specifications with that of Babur cruise missile, the two missiles appear to be quite similar.
Babur:

Weight 1500 kg, Pay load 300 kg. Max speed Mach 0.8

Length 6.225 meters, Diameter 0.52 meters, Wingspan 2.67 meters. Turbofan engine with 700 km range.

C-602

Length 6.1m (without booster); 7m (with booster).Launch weight 1,140kg (without booster);
1,350kg (with booster) Warhead 300kg HE
Propulsion One turbojet/turbofan engine, one solid booster. Max speed Mach 0.9
Max range 280km / 150 NM

The very fact that PN is using 602 implies that indigenous cruise missile Babur is still not fully mature and lacks accuracy. Am I coming to wrong conclusions???
No sir we don't have developed Naval Version yet the version we have is for Ground forces Sir not Navy so we are using Babur and it has qualified most of the tests Sir when we would develop our own Naval Version we would use that too
 
Anti-ship versions (conventional) with radar seekers of Cruise Missiles (both Babur and Ra'ad) have not yet been developed. Therefore they cannot be used in anti-ship role, although being surgically accurate against static ground targets.
hi,
Are the warheads for breaching hulls especially for subsonic munition any different, do they employ anything special to breach the hull? Also have always wondered if there are any top attack type terminal approach system for a sea skimming antiship missile?

thanks
 
hi,
Are the warheads for breaching hulls especially for subsonic munition any different, do they employ anything special to breach the hull? Also have always wondered if there are any top attack type terminal approach system for a sea skimming antiship missile?

thanks
I don't know much about the antiship warhead designs, but take a look at this:
10 Sea Eagle.jpg


It seems like that the warhead uses kinetic energy to penetrate the hull and then explode.
Don't know about any top attack profile for AShMs, I guess it would only expose them more to ship-based counter measures (CIWS).
 
No sir we don't have developed Naval Version yet the version we have is for Ground forces Sir not Navy so we are using Babur and it has qualified most of the tests Sir when we would develop our own Naval Version we would use that too

How are you so sure that we have not developed a Naval version ?
 
How are you so sure that we have not developed a Naval version ?

There are reports of its naval version is 'under developments' and no other reports are available in the public domain which can indicate the progress of Naval version of Babar, so in my opinion its right to say that till now we have not developed it.

Whats your opinion, Sir jee ..... any good news .... ???
 
There are reports of its naval version is 'under developments' and no other reports are available in the public domain which can indicate the progress of Naval version of Babar, so in my opinion its right to say that till now we have not developed it.

Whats your opinion, Sir jee ..... any good news .... ???

Well the "under Development" report is fine at this point of time...
until & unless we have an official announcement, let it be that way...:-)
 

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