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Anti-ship cruise missile
Silkworm (missile) is a anti-ship cruise missile originating in China. It was built by Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company (Now Hongdu ) China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy. Reported operators include People's Liberation Army Navy, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Iraqi Navy, Korean People's Navy.
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Anti-ship cruise missile
China
Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Company (Now Hongdu ) China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy
People's Liberation Army Navy
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Iraqi Navy
Korean People's Navy
Prior to these attacks the missile's range was thought to be less than 80 kilometres (50 mi), but these attacks proved that the range exceeded 100 kilometres (62 mi) with Kuwaiti military observers seeing that the missiles originated from the area and tracking them on radar along with US satellite imagery of the launch sites.
NATO reporting names CSS-N-5 Sabot . The SY-2 is a significant redesign of the SY-1 missile and is no longer a copy of the P-15. The missile has a longer, somewhat slimmer airframe and is powered by a solid propellant rocket motor instead of the liquid propellant design from the Styx, granting a range of 50km. Despite being a different, much more modern missile, however, the SY-2 still shares launchers and support equipment with the SY-1 (P-15) and not only armed the 053H1G frigates built in the 1990s but also eventually replaced the old missiles on unmodernized Jianghu class frigates.
An extended-range (70km) development of the SY-1 for coastal defense role; lost out to the more-ambitious HY-2 but was adopted for shipboard use due to its size growth from the SY-1 being sufficiently limited. NATO reporting names CSS-N-2 Safflower (ship-based) and CSSC-2 Silkworm (land-based.)
A complete re-engineering of the SY-1 design optimized for a maximum range of 100km, resulting in a still larger/longer missile more suitable for coastal defense than the more-conservative HY-1. NATO reporting names CSS-N-3 Seersucker (ship-based) and CSSC-3 Seersucker (land-based.)
Air-launched LACM sharing visual characteristics of the HY-2, HY-4, and YJ-6. 200 km range.
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Silkworm (missile) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
People's Liberation Army Navy, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Iraqi Navy, Korean People's Navy
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