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Jane's Defence Weekly
February 21, 2001
China To Acquire Anti-Ship Missiles
By Yihong Zhang, JDW Correspondent, Toronto
China's People's Liberation Army/Navy (PLAN) is preparing to sign a contract
covering the procurement of Kh-35 (AS-20
'Kayak') long-range anti-ship missiles, Russian defence industry sources
have told Jane's Defence Weekly.
Manufactured by the Zvezda-Strela company, the weapons are expected to be
integrated with Sukhoi Su-30MKK fighters,
indicating that the latest batch of these aircraft could be deployed by
China's naval aviation force.
The introduction into service of the Kh-35, which is reported to have a
maximum range of 130-140km, would serve to
greatly improve the PLAN's anti-ship capabilities. The weapon deploys a
145kg high-explosive warhead at speeds of up to
300m/s.
In a further development, a model of China's Xian Aircraft Company's JH-7
fighter has also been exhibited armed with the
Zvezda-Strela Kh-31 (AS-17 'Krypton') medium-range anti-ship missile. This
modification is also expected to enable the
JH-7 to deploy the Kh-31P anti-radiation missile, a Chinese version of which
(the KR-1) is already in existence.
A model of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation J-8D interceptor has also been
exhibited equipped with Russian Vympel
R-27 (AA-10 'Alamo') air-to-air missiles. The R27 on J8D is a radar guidance
missile, and China has so far imported three
versions of the radar-guided missile from Ukraine's ARTEM Missile Factory,
including the R-27ER, R-27R and the R-27P,
which is believed to feature a passive radar seeker.
China could also have imported from Russia or Ukraine the software needed to
launch the R-27 range of missiles, enabling
it to further upgrade the J-8D's fire-control system.
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