List of anti-ship missiles explained

This is a list of anti-ship missiles.

World War II

• BHT-38 – France
• Ruhrstahl/Kramer SD 1400 X (Fritz X) — Nazi Germany
• Henschel Hs 293 — Nazi Germany
• Henschel Hs 294 — Nazi Germany
• Blohm & Voss BV 143 — Nazi Germany (prototype)
• Blohm + Voss BV 246 (Hagelkorn) — Nazi Germany (prototype)
• Igo – Empire of Japan
• Ohka piloted suicide missile – Empire of Japan
• Bat – United States Used in combat only once.

Asia

India

• BrahMos – Supersonic cruise missile (range of 650 km) jointly developed by India and Russia. (Operational)
• Nirbhay – Anti-ship cruise missile with the range of 1000 km to 1500 km at the speed of 0.7 to 0.9 mach.(Operational)
• BrahMos-NG  – Miniaturized version of the Brahmos. (under development)
• BrahMos-II  - Mach 7 Hypersonic cruise missile (range of 1000 km). (under development)
• Dhanush – A system consisting of stabilization platform and missiles, which has the capability to launch
• Agni-P  - May be developed into Anti-ship ballistic missile and "carrier killer" .
• NASM-SR – DRDO Naval Anti-Ship Missile Short Range (Range 55+ km) for Helicopter. (Under development)

Indonesia

• RN01-SS, anti-ship and land attack missile, currently under development.

Iran

• Ra'ad – Indigenously developed long-range anti-ship missile based on HY-2 Silkworm.
• Noor – upgraded copy of Chinese C-802.
• Tondar – upgraded copy of Chinese C-801. Similar to Noor but powered by solid rocket booster and range of 50 km.
• Thaqeb – Similar to Noor, modified for submarine launch.
• Nasr – Several versions based on TL-6, C-704 and C-705.
• Kowsar 1/2/3 – Several versions based on Chinese C-701, TL-10 and C-704.
• Fajre Darya – copy of Sea Killer II.
• Zafar (anti-ship missile)
• Persian Gulf (Khalij Fars) – Anti ship ballistic missile based on Fateh-110.
• Qader – Iranian anti-ship cruise missile with a range over 200 km.
• Ghader (missile)^[1]

Iraq

Al Salah-Ad-Din 

Israel

• Gabriel (missile)-made by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)
• Luz (missile)
• Naval Spike
• Sea Breaker
• LORA - (LOng Range Artillery), a theater quasi-ballistic missile which can be ship-launched from inside of a standard Intermodal container

Japan

• Type 80 air-to-ship missile (ASM-1)
• Type 88 surface-to-ship missile (SSM-1)
• Type 90 ship-to-ship missile (SSM-1B)
• Type 91 air-to-ship missile (ASM-1C)
• Type 93 air-to-ship missile (ASM-2)
• Type 12 surface-to-ship missile
• XASM-3

North Korea

• Hwasal-2 KN-28
• P-15 KN-1 Ks1 Gs1
• Kh-35 KN-09 (KN-09), KN-19 Kumsong 3 / Geumsong (Venus) land & coastal
  • Silkworm KN-1 P-15 Termit KN-1
• P-35 GeumSeong 2
• Silkworm (missile)
• C-802
• C-602

Pakistan

• Zarb – Subsonic anti-ship cruise missile
• Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) – Air-launched anti-ship cruise missile
• Babur – land-attack cruise missile capable of anti-ship roles
• Harbah missile^{[2] [3] [4]} — Anti-ship cruise missile with land attack capability

People's Republic of China

• SY-1 (SS-N-2 Styx) – Shang You 1 is a Chinese copy of the Soviet P-15 Styx ship-to-ship missile, initially produced in the 1960s under license with Soviet-supplied kits. After the Sino-Soviet Split, production resumed with Chinese-made components. Chinese Defence Today - SY-1 Ship-to-Ship Missile
  • SY-1A – Improved SY-1 missile with mono-pulse terminal guidance radar
• SY-2 (CSS-N-5 Sabot) – Also known as Fei Long 2, radar-guided ship-to-ship missile produced in the 1990s as replacement for the SY-1. Similar to SY-1 in size, the SY-2 can be launched from existing SY-1 launchers. Chinese Defence Today - SY-2 (FL-2/7) Anti-Ship Missile
  • SY-2A – Extended-range version of the SY-2 with new turbojet engine and GPS guidance, can be deployed from air as air-launched anti-ship missile.
  • SY-2B – Improved SY-2A anti-ship missile with supersonic speed and low-level flight.
  • FL-7 – Land-to-ship version of SY-2, for export only
• HY-1 (CSS-N-1 & CSS-N-2 Silkworm) – The Hai Ying 1 isn extended range anti-ship missile based on the SY-1 design. http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/navalmissile/hy1.asp
  • HY-1J – Ship-to-ship version of HY-1 missile
  • HY-1JA – Improved HY-1J with new radar and better ECM and range
  • HY-1A – Land-to-ship version of HY-1JA
  • HY-1B – Target drone for HQ-2A SAM
  • HJ-1YB – Target drone for HQ-61 SAM
  • YJ-1 – Also known as the C-101, a ramjet powered upgrade to the HY-1. The YJ-1 never entered production, but the engine was used in HY-3.
• Silkworm missile
• HY-2 (CSS-C-3 Seersucker) – Also known as the C-201, the Hai Ying 2 is a land-to-ship missile developed from the HY-1. Chinese Defence Today - HY-2 (C-201) Land-to-Ship Missile Generally considered obsolete, no ship-to-ship version was built.
  • HY-2A – IR-guided version of HY-2
  • HY-2AII – Improved version of HY-2A
  • HY-2B – Improved HY-2 with mono-pulse radar seeker
  • HY-2BII – Improved HY-2B with new radar seeker
  • C-201W – Extended-range version of HY-2 with turbojet engine, for export only.
• HY-3 (CSS-C-6 Sawhorse) – Also known as C-301, the HY-3 is an active radar-homing land-to-ship missile with ramjet engine. Developed in 1980s based on HY-2 and YJ-1 technology. Chinese Defence Today - HY-3 (C-301) Land-to-Ship Missile
• HY-4 (CSS-C-7 Sadsack) – Turbojet powered version of HY-2, the HY-4 is a land-to-ship missile with mono-pulse radar. Chinese Defence Today - HY-4 (C-401) Land-to-Ship Missile
  • XW-41 – Air-launched land-attack version of HY-4 under development.
• YJ-6 (CAS-1 Kraken) – Also known as the C-601 air-launched anti-ship missile, developed from HY-2 in 1980s http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/weapon/yj6.asp
• TL-6 – Anti-ship missile designed to engage naval vessel with displacement up to 1,000 tons.
• TL-10 – Light weight fire and forgot anti-ship missile designed to engage naval vessel with displacement up to 800 tons.
• YJ-62 – The Yingji 62 is a long-range (400 km) subsonic anti-ship cruise missile YJ-62 (C-602) Anti-Ship Cruise Missile | Navy | SinoDefence.com
• YJ-7 – also known as the C-701, the Ying Ji 7 is a lightweight anti-ship missile developed in the 1990s. This missile can be launched from land, air, or sea, with TV, IR image, and millimetre radar guidance. However this is a light anti-ship missile with only 29 kg warhead and 15–20 km range, it was not accepted into service by the PLAN for anti-shipping roles, but instead, it is generally used as an air-to-surface missile instead. http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/navalmissile/yj7.asp
• C-704 – Anti-ship missile designed to engage ships with displacement between 1,000 tons to 4,000 tons
• C-705
• C-801
• C-802 (CSS-N-4 Sardine) – The Yingji 8 series anti-ship missiles is also known as the C-80X. Unlike previous missiles, the YJ-8 series is developed based on western design concepts, rather than the original Soviet Styx. The YJ-8 is more similar to the French-made Exocet Anti-ship missile. YJ-8 (C-801) Anti-Ship Missile - SinoDefence.com The YJ-8 can be launched from sea, land, air, and even submarines. YJ-8 (C-801) Anti-Ship Missile - SinoDefence.com
  • YJ-8A (C-801A) – YJ-82 with folded wings
  • YJ-8K (C-801K) – Air-launched version of YJ-8 anti-ship missile Chinese Defence Today - YJ-8K (C-801K) Air-Launched Anti-Ship Missile
  • YJ-8Q (C-801Q) – Submarine-launched version of YJ-8
  • YJ-82 (CSS-N-8 Saccade) – Also known as C-802, extended range (120 km) land-to-ship missile
  • YJ-82A (C-802A) – Improved YJ-82 showcased at DSEI in 2005, with published range of 180 km.
  • YJ-82K (C-802K) – Air-launched version of YJ-82 Chinese Defence Today - YJ-82K (C-802K) Air-Launched Anti-Ship Missile
  • YJ-83 (C-803) – Extended range supersonic version of YJ-82 developed in the mid 1990s
  • YJ-83K (C-803K) – Air-launched version of YJ-83
  • YJ-85 (C-805) – Land-attack cruise missile (LACM) version under development
• YJ-12
• YJ-18
• YJ-100
• DH-10 – Cruise missile able to carry a wide range of warheads, including nuclear and EMP weapons.
• YJ-91
• HN-1 – Hong Niao-1 cruise missile
• HN-2 – Hong Niao-2 cruise missile
• HN-3 – Hong Niao-3 cruise missile
• HN-2000 - Hong Niao-2000 cruise missile
• CX-1 Missile Systems
• CJ-1 ASM

Republic of China – Taiwan

• Hsiung Feng I – Brave Wind I is a subsonic ship-to-ship developed by CIST in the 1970s, said to be based on the Israeli Gabriel missile.
• Hsiung Feng II – Brave Wind II is a subsonic missile with ship-to-ship, surface-to-ship, and air-to-ship versions. It is not an improved version of HF-I, but rather a new design.
• Hsiung Feng III – Brave Wind III is a state of the art supersonic (Mach 2-3) long range nuclear weapons capable scramjet ship-to-ship missile developed by CIST.^{[5] [6]}

South Korea

• SSM-700K Haeseong

Turkey

• Atmaca – Atmaca is a long-range, all-weather, precision strike, anti-ship cruise missile developed by the Turkish company ROKETSAN
• SOM - SOM is a modern, autonomous, low observable, high precision air-launched cruise missile along with anti-ship capability.
• Çakır - Çakır is a modern cruise missile that can be used from air, land and sea assets and can be used against ground and naval based targets. It has different variants that can be used in different tasks. Some define it as a "smaller" Atmaca.

Europe

Joint development

• Kormoran 2  - Germany/France; Used on Tornado IDS (INS and radar guidance)
• IDAS  - Germany/Norway/Turkey; Made by Diehl/HDW/Kongsberg/Nammo/ROKETSAN (submarine-launched missile, also against air and land targets)
• Teseo/Otomat/Milas  - originally Italian/French; Made by Otomelara, now joint European; Made by MBDA
• Martel  - United Kingdom/France; Made by BAe/Matra (radar and video guidance variants)
• Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon  - A new missile being developed by MBDA for the Royal Navy, French Navy and Italian Navy
• Rb 08 – Sweden/France; Made by Saab
• RBS-15 Mk. III – originally Sweden; Made by Saab Bofors Dynamics, now joint Germany-Sweden, also produced by Diehl BGT Defence (also used land-attack missile)
• Super Sonic Strike Missile (3SM) Tyrfing   - Norway/Germany^[7]

France

• Exocet  - France; Made by Aérospatiale, now MBDA
  • Exocet MM38 surface-launched
  • Exocet AM39 air-launched
  • Exocet SM39 submarine-launched
  • Exocet MM40 surface-launched
• ANL (Anti-Navire Léger)  - France; Anti-ship missile under development
  • AS-30 ARMAT  - France; Made by Matra
• AS.12  - France; Built by Aérospatiale/Nord Aviation (visual guidance, wire controlled SACLOS)
• AS.15  - France; Built by Aérospatiale
• Malafon  - France; Made by Latécoère
• Malaface  - France; Made by Latécoère
• MMP  - France; Made by MBDA

Italy

• Sea Killer/Marte  - Italy; Made by MBDA

Norway

• AGM-119 Penguin  - Norway; Made by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) (infrared homing)
• Naval Strike Missile (NSM)  - Norway; Made by KDA (imaging infrared)

Serbia

ALAS (missile)

Sweden

• RBS15

• RB 04

made by Saab AB (historical use)

Ukraine

• R-360 Neptune

United Kingdom

• • Sea Eagle  - United Kingdom; Made by BAe Sea Skua  - United Kingdom; Made by BAe
• SPEAR 3  - United Kingdom; Made by MBDA

USSR / Russian Federation

(Listed by official Soviet/Russian name, followed by GRAU designation and NATO reporting name in parentheses.)

• 10Kh 14KhK1 14Kh 18Kh 15kh 17kh
• KSShch
• KS-1 Komet
• K-10S
• KSR-5
• P-1 (GRAU: 4K32, NATO: SS-N-1 Scrubber)
• P-5 (GRAU: 4K34, NATO: SS-N-3 Sepal/Shaddock)
• P-15 Termit (GRAU: 4K40, NATO: SS-N-2 Styx)
• P-70 Ametist (GRAU: 4K66, NATO: SS-N-7 Starbright)
• P-80 Zubr (NATO: SS-N-22 Sunburn)
• P-120 Malakhit (GRAU: 4K85, NATO: SS-N-9 Siren)
• P-270 Moskit (GRAU: 3M80, NATO: SS-N-22 Sunburn)
• P-500 Bazalt (GRAU: 4K80, NATO: SS-N-12 Sandbox)
• P-700 Granit (GRAU: 3M45, NATO: SS-N-19 Shipwreck)
• Kh-22
• Kh-31A
• Kh-35 (GRAU 3M24, SS-N-25 Switchblade)
• Kh-59 (antinaval AShM variants)
• P-750 Grom (GRAU: 3M25,^[8] NATO: SS-N-24 Scorpion, Kh-80)
• P-800 Oniks (GRAU: 3M55, NATO: SS-NX-26 Oniks/Yakhont)
• K-300P Bastion-P
• PJ-10 BrahMos – Supersonic cruise missile (range of 290 km) jointly developed by India and Russia from SS-NX-26.
• P-900 (GRAU: 3M51,^[9] NATO: SS-N-27 Club) (ASW, ASuW and land-attack versions) Klub (SS-N-27) ASCM
• P-900 Alfa
• P-1000 Vulkan (GRAU: 3M70, NATO: SS-N-12 Mod 2 Sandbox)
• Raduga Kh-15 (NATO: AS-16 Kickback)
• RPK-2 Viyuga (NATO: SS-N-15 Starfish) (ASW)
• RPK-3 Metel (NATO: SS-N-14 Silex) (ASW with ASuW mode)
• RPK-6 Vodopad (NATO: SS-N-16 Stallion) (ASW)
• RPK-7 Vorobei (NATO: SS-N-16 Stallion) (ASW)
• RPK-9 Medvedka (NATO: SS-N-29) (ASW) RPK-9 Medvedka SS-N-29
• 3M-54 Klub (NATO: SS-N-27A Sizzler)
• BrahMos-II
  • Zircon (missile) Kh-47M2 Kinzhal^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

North America

United States

(All missiles based on radar homing unless otherwise noted.)

• AGM/RGM/UGM-84 Harpoon missile  - United States; Made by Boeing/McDonnell Douglas
• AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response)  - United States; Made by Boeing/McDonnell Douglas
• AGM-123 Skipper  - United States; Developed by the U.S. Navy
• BGM-109 Tomahawk (TASM version) & Block Va (Maritime Strike Tomahawk)^[14] - United States; Made by Raytheon/General Dynamics
• RIM-67 Standard – U.S, Raytheon (secondary role, SARH, no longer deployed)
• RIM-174 Standard ERAM/SM-6  - U.S., Raytheon (secondary role)^[15]
• AGM-158C LRASM Currently under development by Lockheed Martin for DARPA.^[16]

South America

Argentina

• AS-25K
• MP-1000 Martín Pescador

Brazil

• MANSUP

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ghader / Qader / Capable - cruise missile.
2. Web site: Pakistan Tests An Indigenously Developed Anti-Ship Cruise Missile – The Diplomat.
3. Web site: VIDEO: Pakistan Navy test fires new Harba cruise missile from PNS Himmat. 3 January 2018.
4. Web site: Pakistan test-fires naval cruise missile 'Harba'. 3 January 2018.
5. Web site: Taiwanese navy accidentally fires NUCLEAR MISSILE at fishing vessel as tensions in China Strait reach boiling point - World News - Mirror Online. Daily Mirror. 29 August 2016.
6. Web site: Taiwan Extending the Range of its Hsiung Feng III Missiles t. 24 March 2023.
7. Web site: Norway And Germany To Develop New 3SM Supersonic Strike Missile . 2023-11-24 . 2023-11-24 . Naval News.
8. Web site: NPO Mashinostroeniya rockets. 24 March 2023.
9. Web site: 3M51 Alpha. https://web.archive.org/web/20071027083308/http://www.new-factoria.ru/missile/wobb/3m51/3m51.shtml. dead. 27 October 2007. 24 March 2023.
10. Web site: В обойме – "Сармат", "Кинжал", "Авангард".
11. Web site: Пуск "Кинжала" истребителем МиГ-31К показали на видео. 10 January 2020 .
12. Web site: Испытания российских ракет "Кинжал" встревожили разведку США. 22 March 2019 .
13. Web site: Россия объявила о наличии противокорабельной ракеты "Кинжал" с дальностью, превышающей китайские аналоги. 9 March 2018.
14. Web site: US Navy set to receive latest version of the Tomahawk missile . 17 March 2021 .
15. Web site: The U.S. Navy's Surface Force Just Got A Lot Deadlier. 2016-02-05. 4 February 2016. War on the Rocks.
16. Web site: Lockheed Snags DARPA Anti-Ship Missile Award . 2010-11-14. AVIATION WEEK.