Land-Attack Cruise Missiles (LACM) - Specifications
The reported specifications are at wide variance, and can only be considered best estimates by western military analysts. Some of the smaller dimensions and higher performance numbers seem to assume that the Chinese have simply replicated the American Tomahawk, while the larger dimensions and lower performance suggest a "Tomahawk with Chinese characteristics", reflecting the general Chinese lag in engine technology.
| China/U.S. Designation | DH-10 (DF-10)/CJ-10 |
| Missile Variants | CJ-20 / YJ-100 / DH-2000 / DF-10A / CJ-10K |
| Designer/Producer | People’s Republic of China |
| manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Research Institute |
| Status | Operational |
| IOC | 2006 |
| Retirement | Still in service |
| Mobility and Role | Road Mobile / Surface-to-surface / Land-Attack Cruise Missile |
| Launch platform |
WS2400 8 x 8 TEL (CJ-10/10A) triple installation Type 093G submarine [probably not as of 2019] Type 052D destroyer Type 055 destroyer H-6K strategic bomber (CJ-20 / KD-20) |
| Number of Units | 40-55 GLCM Launchers - 200-500 missiles “est” |
| Range |
1500-2000 km 1500~2500 km 2,000km / 930 nautical miles / 1,070 miles 2200 – 2500 km 4,000+ km |
| launch weight |
1090 kg 1800 kg 2.5 tons |
| Length |
6300 mm 7.2 m 8.3 meters w/ booster |
| Diameter |
514 mm 0.60 meters 0.68 meters 0.75 m |
| Wingspan | 3100 mm |
| booster Stages/Propellant | Single/Solid |
| sustainer engine type | R95-300 turbofan |
| Flight speed |
Mach 0.75 (917 km / h) Mach 0.8 |
| Flight ceiling | about 10,000 feet |
| Flight altitude |
30-50/150 meters 50-150 meters about 10,000 feet |
| Warhead Type | Nuclear or Conventional |
| Warhead Weight |
300~500 kg 450-500 kilogram (1000-1100 pound) |
| MIRV? | No MIRV capability |
| Yield |
20-90 kt 300kt |
| Cruise Guidance System |
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| terminal guidance | optical scene matching composite guidance |
| circular error probable (CEP) |
5-10 meters 10 meters 100~300 meters |
| System reaction time | 10 sec. |
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