YJ-18

The YJ-18 (, NATO designation CH-SS-NX-13 ) is a Chinese family of anti-ship cruise missiles and land attack cruise missiles.

Description
The United States believes the YJ-18 is similar to the 3M-54 Klub, with a subsonic cruise mode and a supersonic terminal attack; the missile is credited with a range of 290 nmi.

Some Western analysts believe the YJ-18 is a copy of the 3M-54E, with a cruising range of 180 km at Mach 0.8 and a sprint range of 40 km at Mach 2.5 to 3.0.

The YJ-18 may be deployed on surface warships such as the Type 052D destroyer and submarines. The missile may be launched from vertical launching systems, and possibly from submarine torpedo tubes. Chinese media claims the missile has a inertial guidance system using BeiDou Navigation Satellite System data, and may carry a 300 kg high-explosive warhead or an anti-radiation warhead to destroy electronics at short range.

Variants

 * YJ-18: Original land-attack variant launched from ships
 * YJ-18A: Vertically-launched shipborne anti-ship variant, deployed aboard the Type 052D and the future Type 055
 * YJ-18B: Submarine-launched variant
 * Mobile Coastal-Launched Variant: New mobile coastal-launched variant, supposedly with a bigger booster for increased range