The YJ-62 is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship cruise missile family fielded with Type 052C destroyers and road-mobile coastal-defense units. Public defense studies describe inertial/GPS midcourse guidance, active terminal homing, sea-skimming terminal flight, a C-602 export designation, an extended-range YJ-62A variant, and a CM-602G land-attack derivative.
Chinese YJ-62 anti-ship cruise missiles were reported deployed on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, giving People's Republic of China forces an anti-surface missile presence in the South China Sea dispute environment.
The YJ-62 family bridges shipboard anti-ship armament and shore-based coastal defense. Public U.S. Navy and Army references associate the Type 052C/Luyang II destroyer with two quadruple YJ-62/C-602 launchers, while CASI traces YJ-62 fielding through mobile Coastal Defense Missile Force regiments.
Eight missiles in two quad launchers at the destroyer's midships position.
Supported by USNI and ODIN Type 052C references.
Road-mobile TEL units gave PLAN coastal-defense forces a longer-range shore-to-ship missile after earlier HY and YJ-83-era systems.
CASI describes YJ-62 fielding from 2005 and later partial replacement by YJ-12B battalions.
Open sources disagree on some payload and range details, so baseline, export, extended-range, and land-attack figures are kept separate.
NDU, USNI, CASI, and GlobalSecurity provide overlapping but not identical public figures.
Public sources use YJ-62 for the baseline Chinese anti-ship missile, C-602 for the export designation, and YJ-62A/YJ-62C or CM-602G for extended-range, coastal-defense, and land-attack branches reported in open sources.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| YJ-62 | Baseline Chinese anti-ship cruise missile | NDU describes the 2005 YJ-62/C-602 display model as a subsonic sea-skimming missile with a 210 kg armor-piercing high-explosive warhead, inertial/GPS guidance, and active terminal homing. Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier |
| YJ-62A | Extended-range Chinese-service variant | NDU lists an improved YJ-62A with a 400 km range, compared with 280 km for the YJ-62/C-602 row in its major Chinese ASCM table. Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier |
| YJ-62C | Reported coastal-defense variant | NDU reports about 120 YJ-62C missiles deployed on mobile TELs at Fujian bases, while CASI documents later YJ-62 coastal-defense regiments and battalions. Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier, The PLA Navy Coastal Defense Missile Force |
| C-602 | Export designation | NDU and USNI both identify C-602 as the export-associated YJ-62 designation; USNI describes Type 052C destroyers carrying eight YJ-62/C-602 missiles in two quad launchers. Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier, Air-Defense Destroyers for the PLAN |
| CM-602G | Reported land-attack derivative | GlobalSecurity identifies CM-602G as a land-attack cruise-missile derivative of the C-602/YJ-62 family; detailed public performance figures are thinner than for the anti-ship variants. Sources: YJ-62 / C-602 |
Public sources tie the shipboard YJ-62/C-602 fit to the Type 052C destroyer class.
| Launcher | Launcher type | Launch evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Guided-missile destroyer | USNI describes the Luyang II / Type 052C class as carrying eight YJ-62/C-602 missiles in two quad launchers for anti-surface warfare. Sources: Air-Defense Destroyers for the PLAN |
Open-source reference data describes the YJ-62 design project as running through the early 2000s before mid-decade state trials and public display as the C-602/YJ-62 family.
Sources: YJ-62 WeaponSystems.net, A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier
NDU reports that China unveiled the YJ-62, exported as C-602, with public display claims for subsonic speed, sea-skimming terminal flight, and up to 280 km range.
Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier
CASI states that most mobile PLA Navy Coastal Defense Missile Force regiments began fielding YJ-62 missiles in 2005.
Sources: The PLA Navy Coastal Defense Missile Force
NDU reports a YJ-62C coastal-defense deployment on mobile TELs at Fujian bases, while CASI describes later coastal-defense modernization around mobile shore-to-ship missile regiments.
Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier, The PLA Navy Coastal Defense Missile Force
CASI satellite-based analysis records YJ-62 battalions at Haikou and a Southern Theater Command transition from YJ-62 toward YJ-12B between 2017 and 2018.
Sources: The PLA Navy Coastal Defense Missile Force
Naval News reported a PLAN Northern Theater Command exercise involving YJ-62 coastal-defense missiles, noting that YJ-62 systems had mainly been associated with eastern and southern theater deployments.
Sources: China's PLAN exercises with YJ-62 anti-ship missile
