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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Weapon Systems

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation is a major Chinese state-owned aerospace and missile manufacturer whose catalog-relevant role spans anti-ship missiles, air-defense systems, launch vehicles, and defense electronics.

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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, usually shortened to CASIC, is one of China's central state-owned aerospace-defense groups. Public reference sources describe it as a defense and aerospace manufacturer with a long lineage that reaches back to the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of Defense in 1956.

In this catalog, CASIC anchors the builder context for the company's missile and air-defense families, including the C-801, C-802, and HQ-9 entries, while keeping the broader aerospace and defense-electronics role visible on the archive page.

Missile systemsAir defense systemsCruise missilesLaunch vehiclesDefense electronicsAerospace applications

Notable Systems

C-801 anti-ship missile

The C-801/YJ-8 family is part of CASIC's missile lineage and anchors the catalog's builder connection to the company's early anti-ship cruise-missile work.

Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier

C-802 anti-ship missile

The C-802 export family is one of the clearest catalog links to CASIC's anti-ship missile production and development line.

Sources: C-802 Chinese Short-Range Anti-Ship Cruise Missile, A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile Developments

HQ-9 air-defense system

HQ-9 is CASIC's best-known long-range surface-to-air missile family and a central air-defense product line in the catalog.

Sources: HQ-9

Builder History

1956
Origin traces to the Fifth Academy
China Daily and Devex describe CASIC as growing out of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of Defense in 1956.
Sources: Directory of Central SOEs, Devex profile
2019
Profiled as a central SOE
China Daily's central-SOE directory entry identifies CASIC as a large state-owned hi-tech military company under direct central-government administration.
Sources: Directory of Central SOEs
2021
Beijing headquarters building documented
A Commons photograph documents the CASIC Building in Beijing and provides a reusable, rights-clear image reference for the builder profile.
Sources: CASIC Building (20211016151805).jpg

Website links

Official website China Daily directory entry OpenSanctions profile

Public English-language references vary between CASIC, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited, so the profile normalizes those spellings as aliases. CASIC is a centrally administered state-owned defense conglomerate, so address and lineage claims are kept to what the cited sources explicitly state.

Builder Sources

Directory of Central SOEsPublisher: China Daily / govt.chinadaily.com.cn | Note: Supports the 1956 origin, central-SOE status, defense and aerospace role, Beijing address, and official website context for CASIC. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
OpenSanctions profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports the current legal-name variants, website, and Beijing address used in current public reference records for CASIC. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Devex profilePublisher: Devex | Note: Supports the 1956 Fifth Academy lineage and the company's long-running state-owned aerospace and defense manufacturing role. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
A Low-Visibility Force MultiplierPublisher: National Defense University Press | Note: Supports the C-801/YJ-8 family background, CASIC Third Academy manufacturing context, and core technical specifications relevant to the catalog's builder linkage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
C-802 Chinese Short-Range Anti-Ship Cruise MissilePublisher: U.S. Army ODIN | Note: Supports the C-802 family background, manufacturer context, and technical profile used to connect this builder to the catalog's C-802 entry. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile DevelopmentsPublisher: National Defense University Press | Note: Supports the C-802 family background and the broader CASIC cruise-missile production lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
HQ-9Publisher: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | Note: Supports the HQ-9 family's manufacturer context, air-defense role, and technical profile relevant to CASIC's product line. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
CASIC Building (20211016151805).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for a CASIC Building photograph described on Commons as the uploader's own work and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; the file page also shows the image used on the CASIC Commons category page. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

HQ-9, Long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

2025 India-Pakistan ConflictHQ-9Long-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: ChinaThe HQ-9 is a Chinese road-mobile long-range surface-to-air missile family built for area air and missile defense against aircraft, cruise missiles, air-to-ground weapons, and some ballistic-missile threats. Pakistan operates HQ-9 variants as high-to-medium-altitude air defense systems, and public reporting places the family in Pakistani service during the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict.

A200/M20 missile launcher, Road-mobile guided rocket and short-range ballistic missile launcher, Artillery

Tigray WarA200/M20 missile launcherRoad-mobile guided rocket and short-range ballistic missile launcherBuilt in: ChinaThe A200/M20 launcher is a Chinese road-mobile system associated with ALIT/CASC guided rockets and CASIC M20 short-range ballistic missiles. In the Tigray War, Tigrayan forces captured elements of Ethiopia's A200/M20 force and used the capability for deep strikes before Ethiopian government forces recaptured or found abandoned launchers, missiles, rocket canisters, and loaders.

C-801 anti-ship missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions

Yemen Civil WarC-801 anti-ship missileAnti-ship cruise missileBuilt in: ChinaThe C-801 is China's export version of the YJ-8, a solid-rocket, sea-skimming anti-ship missile that entered Yemeni inventories before the civil war and was later assessed as likely used by Houthi forces in the 2016 Bab el-Mandab attacks.

C-802/Noor anti-ship cruise missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions

Yemen Civil WarC-802/Noor anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileBuilt in: ChinaThe C-802/Noor is a Chinese-origin anti-ship cruise missile family built around the C-802 export design and Iran's Noor derivative. In Yemen Civil War reporting, Houthi-aligned forces used this missile class in the October 2016 Red Sea attacks on HSV-2 Swift and USS Mason.