- C-701
Infobox Weapon
is_missile=yes
name=YingJi-7 (C-701)
caption=
origin=
type=anti-ship missile
used_by=
manufacturer=China Haiying Electromechanical Technology Academy (中国海鹰机电技术研究院)
unit_cost=
production_date=
service=1989
engine=Solid rocket engine
weight=100kg
length=2.507 m
diameter=0.18 m
wingspan=0.587 m (unfolded); 0.450 m (folded)
speed=Mach 0.8
vehicle_range=15-20 km
ceiling=
altitude=15-20 m (flight)
filling=29kg time-delayed semi-armour-piercing high-explosive
guidance=TV-homing, Infra-red, millimetre radar
detonation=
launch_platform=ground-basedvehicle s,naval ship s,fixed-wing aircraft The C-701 is a Chinese missile that is roughly comparable to the American AGM-65 A/B/D/H Maverick
air-to-surface missile . However, the C-701 is smaller and has less than half the weight of the AGM-65 A/B/D/H Maverick.Design
Although originally designed as an
anti-ship missile , the missile was eventually developed into aair-to-surface missile that can engage various targets. When used as an anti-ship missile, its intended targets are boats with 180 ton displacement or less, such asmissile ortorpedo armed FAC,patrol boat s, andgunboat s.There are two types of guidance: the
Fire-and-forget mode and the command mode. The first type of guidance enables the aircraft/boats/vehicles to get out after launching, providing greater safety while the second type enables the operator to change targets after launching, or to terminate the attack if needed. Thetelevision seeker of the missile can be replacing by either an imaginginfrared seeker or a millimetre-wave radar seeker. A version with a radar seeker (not themillimetre -wave radar seeker) designated as C-701R has also been displayed in public.History
The C-701 was developed by the China Precision Machinery Import Export Co or CPMIEC. The air-launched television guided version (C-701T) was the first to appear, while the surface launched version followed. The third version to appear was version with the imagining
infrared seeker and after that, the version after that was the one withmillimetre -waveradar seeker (C-701R).Although the existence of the last two versions has been reported for a long time, it was not until the six
Zhuhai Airshow held near the end of2006 did these report have been officially confirmed by the Chinese government in public. All of the versions are offered for export.Deployment
Unlike the American
AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missile which is only launched from air, C-701 can be launched from various platforms from air (both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft) and surface (which includes both land/vehicles and ships/boats), but the missile cannot by launched fromsubmarine s yet.When the missile is deployed on land and ships, the standard ground launcher is consisted of 4 rectangular box launching/storage containers with two atop the other two, and the entire 4-round launcher is fixed at 15 degrees elevation. Two of such launchers form the backbone of the missile battery with a total of 8 missiles, with a total weight less than 2 tons.The C-701 (or its
Iran ian derivative, theKowsar ) may have been employed byHezbollah fighters to attack and damage the INS "Hanit" during the2006 Lebanon War . The much heavierC-802 is more often reported to have been the weapon used, but this is possibly based on the initial exaggerated damage assessment; apart from destroying the steering, the direct damage caused by the missile hit seems to have been fairly light and the ship was witnessed to have completed the return to base on its own power. Based on the operational history of theHarpoon missile which is a rough equivalent to the C-802, the latter missile would have most likely caused considerably heavier damage.pecifications
*Length: 2.507
metre
*Diameter: 0.18metre
*Wingspan: 0.587metre (0.45 metre when folded)
*Weight: 100kg
*Warhead: 29kg (semi armor-piercing)
*Speed: > 0.8Mach
*Cruise altitude: 15 - 20metre
*Kill probability: > 95%
*Developer:China Aviation Industry Corporation
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