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{{about|the missile|the aircraft|CASA C-101}}
{{Infobox weapon
|is_missile=yes
|name=C-101
|image=
|caption=
|origin= China
|type=[[anti-ship missile|anti-ship]], and [[air-to-surface missile|air to surface]] cruise missile
|used_by=China
|manufacturer=[[China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation]]<ref name="Gormley2_p14"/>
|unit_cost=
|propellant=[[Kerosene]]<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4">Zhou and Zhang: page 4 (trans.)</ref>
|production_date=
|service=
|engine=[[Ramjet]]<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/>
|engine_power=
|weight=1.85 t (ship launched)<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/><br>
1.5 t (air-launched)<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/>
|length=6.5 m (ship launched)<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/><br>
7.5 m (air-launched)<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/>
|height=
|diameter=0.54 m<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/>
|wingspan=1.62 m<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/>
|speed=[[Mach number|Mach]] 2<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/>
|vehicle_range=50 km<ref>{{Cite report |last=Kan |first=Shirley A. |title=China: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles |url=https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/97-391F.html |pages=19 |date=10 August 2000 |accessdate=14 August 2018 |publisher=United States Congressional Research Service}}</ref>
|ceiling=
|altitude=50 m (cruising)<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/><br>
5 m (terminal)<ref name="ZhouZhang_p4"/>
|filling=300 kg warhead<ref name="ZhouZhang_p6">Zhou and Zhang: page 6 (trans.)</ref>
|guidance=Radar<ref name="ZhouZhang_p5">Zhou and Zhang: page 5 (trans.)</ref>
|detonation=Semi-armor-piercing<ref name="ZhouZhang_p6"/>
|launch_platform=Air, surface
}}

The '''C-101''' is a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] supersonic [[anti-ship missile|anti-ship]] [[cruise missile]].<ref name="Gormley_p101">{{cite journal |last1=Gormley |first1=Dennis M. |last2=Erickson |first2=Andrew S. |last3=Yuan |first3=Jingdong |date=30 September 2014 |title=A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile Developments |url=http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/NewsArticleView/tabid/7849/Article/577568/jfq-75-a-potent-vector-assessing-chinese-cruise-missile-developments.aspx |journal=Joint Forces Quarterly |publisher=[[National Defense University]] |issue=75 |pages=101 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> It is manufactured by the [[China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation]] Third Academy.<ref name="Gormley2_p14">{{cite report |last1=Gormley |first1=Dennis M. |last2=Erickson |first2=Andrew S. |last3=Yuan |first3=Jingdong |date=1 April 2014 |title=A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China's Cruise Missile Ambitions
 |url=http://inss.ndu.edu/Media/News/Article/699509/a-low-visibility-force-multiplier-assessing-chinas-cruise-missile-ambitions/ |publisher=[[National Defense University]] |access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

==Development==
The C-101 was an early Chinese supersonic cruise missile. It has been described as unsuccessful.<ref name="Gormley_p101"/><ref name="Carlson_2013-02-04">{{cite web |url=https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/chinas-eagle-strike-eight-anti-ship-cruise-missiles-designation-confusion-and-the-family-members-from-yj-8-to-yj-8a/ |title=China's Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles: Designation Confusion and the Family Members from YJ-8 to YJ-8A |last1=Carlson |first1= Christopher P. |date=4 February 2013 |website=DefenseMediaNetwork |access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

The [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] designation is '''YJ-1''' ({{zh|c=鹰击-1|p=yingji-1|l=eagle strike 1}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: CSS-X-5).<ref name="Gormley_p101"/><ref name="Carlson_2013-02-04"/>

==Design==
The C-101 is launched with solid-fuel rocket boosters to a speed of Mach 1.8.<ref name="ZhouZhang_p11">Zhou and Zhang: page 11 (trans.)</ref> Two ramjets sustain a cruise and impact speed of Mach 2.<ref name="ZhouZhang_p10">Zhou and Zhang: page 10 (trans.)</ref> At three kilometers from the target, the missile descends from a cruise altitude of 50 meters<ref name="ZhouZhang_p13">Zhou and Zhang: page 13 (trans.)</ref> to 5 meters.<ref name="ZhouZhang_p14">Zhou and Zhang: page 14 (trans.)</ref>

==See also==
*[[HY-2]]

==References==
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{{Refbegin}}
*{{Citation |last1=Zhou |first1=Zhizhong |last2=Zhang |first2=Changgen| title = China'S C10 Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Weapons System| pages = 34–38| newspaper =  Shijie Daodan Yu Hangtian| date = 5 November 1991| url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a244378.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428204407/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a244378.pdf | url-status=live | archive-date=28 April 2017 | translator1 = SCITRAN}}
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{{Chinese Missiles}}
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[[Category:Cruise missiles]]
[[Category:Anti-ship cruise missiles of the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:Guided missiles of the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:Weapons of the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:Air-to-surface missiles]]


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