OVERVIEW:  The YJ-62 aka Eagle Strike 62   is a solid fuel, ground or ship launched, long range, subsonic antiship cruise missile (ASCM) armed with a  210 kg conventional warhead.  

DETAILS:

The YJ-62 likely uses inertial and GPS guidance for midcourse guidance and radar based terminal guidance. It is reportedly capable of using both GPS and Beidou constellations.  After launch it descends to a cruise altitude of 30 meters.  It the terminal attack phase, it descends to a sea-skimming terminal attack at 7 to 10 meters altitude. The flight control system allows it to perform multiple maneuvers throughout the entire attack trajectory, which greatly increases the probability of successful penetration.

The homing head is possibly a copy of the Grifo-7 radar and is reported as capable of frequency hoping to increase resistence to jaming. Detection range for the radar of a typical targetis 22 nm, with a tracking range of 16 nm.  The radar sweeps for targets a ± 40°sector. 

The YJ-62 is deployed in Type 052C destroyers, and in mobile coastal defense batteries.



Specifications:

Weight:              	1,240 kg 
Length:                	6.10m 
Diameter:               	0.54m (missile)
Wingspan:             	2.9 m 
Speed:                 	Mach 0.6 to 0.8 
Range:                 	216 nm; (400 km)
CEP:		4 meters
Hit probability:     	0.85 

NOTES:  IOC 2005 (approx).   The export version is the C602.  The Land attack version is the CM-602G. According to unconfirmed reports, the YJ-62 can be equipped with a datalink and can be redirected in flight to other targets.
  

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