21 August 2015

News Story: Launch vehicle for China's new anti-ship missile revealed

Supposed Anti-Ship Missile YJ-16 Transporter Erector
Launcher (TEL) Vehicle (Internet Photo)
Photos uploaded to the internet by Chinese netizens earlier this month show the development of the People's Liberation Army's new type of anti-ship missile known as YJ-16, Zachary Keck, managing editor of National Interest magazine, said in a piece published on Aug. 15.

The photos showed a new transporter erector launch vehicle on the streets of an unknown location in China. The vehicle has a similar look with the transporter erector launch vehicle developed to launch the CJ-10 land attack cruise missile but is much bigger, according to Jeffrey Lin and PW Singer of the Eastern Arsenal blog that studies the development of the Chinese armed forces.

Read the full story at Want China Times