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A good read to learn some info about China's ASCM arsenals from the American source. But the article, written by Lyle J. Goldstein, an Associate Professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI, is rather aging, dated nearly 2-year-old to be reposted hereA pretty clear picture of "submarine launch YJ-18 anti-ship missile with a range of 500KM" that also can be launch by a 533 torpedo tube is in service already
(Chinese naval analysts, who have labeled the YJ-18 in an early 2015 analysis “最完美的反舰导弹” [the most perfect ASCM] would not agree with that rendering. A Chinese analysis of the YJ-18 appearing in the naval magazine 舰船知识 [Naval & Merchant Ships] published by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) in February 2015 is the main basis of this Dragon Eye discussion.
跟俱乐部像，但不是。可以采用标准533鱼雷发射管发射。)
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-yj-18-supersonic-anti-ship-cruise-missile-americas-13010
基础型号的鹰击18潜舰导弹射程500公里，超过鹰击12的400公里射程。引进的俱乐部导弹最大射程220公里。
飞行速度和弹道方面更趋近俱乐部，末端速度超过M2，但巡航段高度比俱乐部导弹更低。但巡航速度及末端最大速度等均比比鹰击12的全程低空M2.X~2.X，高空M2.7~X.X要低。
更重要的是，该弹应该已经服役
Anyhow it's still a good read and more importantly the publication at least has the resources to employ the Chinese language experts to access, track and learn the open military publications and military blogs of China, just to say. Though the author still lamented about the transparency level of the Chinese military. A see-through capability is sought after
somehow they're seeking for an "all seeing eye", the kind of Eye of Sauron 
An excerpt from that article: "China's YJ-18 Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile: America's Nightmare? | The National Interest" 2015-06-01 --> a good ref on YJ-18
http://nationalinterest.org/feature...-ship-cruise-missile-americas-13010?page=show
For Washington, some additional attention seems warranted in future intelligence community studies with respect to Chinese ASCM development. The 2015 ONI study gave some attention to YJ-18, but omitted discussion of the supersonic YJ-12, the long-range subsonic YJ-100 or the CX-1 supersonic ASCM that are apparently now in development, according to Chinese sources. Renewed attention will help muster the necessary focus for the U.S. going forward to prepare its forces adequately. For all the ink spilled and Washington seminars convened to discuss China’s expanding coast guard fleet, it is obviously the ever-growing sophistication of the Chinese ASCM arsenal that poses the “clear and present danger” to American sailors.
MORE interesting read at The National Interest by the author: http://nationalinterest.org/profile/lyle-j-goldstein
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