Eagle 8 / 83 series anti-ship missile missiles to provide a common air, naval, land and submarine-launched, now the majority of the Chinese Navy surface ships and equipment data for

China and Japan on energy issues in the differences between the East China Sea has attracted world attention, at the same time, the outside public opinion increasingly concerned about the rights of the defenders of the sea between the two countries - People's Liberation Army Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's strength the most contrast. The author is Richard Fisher, a famous American expert on China published in this article do not represent the views or agree with its contents confirmed only for the interested reader reference.

Compared with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, one of the advantages of the Chinese Navy anti-ship missiles. Purchased from Russia and China by means of access to domestic production than the United States and Japan to combat anti-ship missiles of longer range and more capable missiles. According to reports, the U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines no longer carry submarine "Tomahawk" and "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles.

China is a range of 280 km exports hit an eagle 62 (C-602) anti-ship missiles to the missile can be developed based on a range of 300 km above the long-range land-attack cruise missiles. Although the public is very familiar with the Chinese Navy Eagle range of 40 km submarine-launched anti-ship missiles of a 81Q, but may also have a range of 120 km of submarine-launched YJ-82 anti-ship missiles.

Of particular concern is China's new purchases of equipment from Russia in the modern class destroyers on the 3M-80E "sand flies" the missile, and equipment in the eight Kilo-class submarines 636M 3M on a 54 "Club" anti-ship missiles. The two missile flight is not only high speed, and mobility performance, ships guard against. Japan and the U.S. ships in the short-range air defense by the 20 mm Phalanx gun system is responsible for, the system can only cope with subsonic missiles, not defense of the Chinese Navy's highly mobile supersonic missiles.

If the United States and Japan put all the air power, the advantages of these missiles will not be decisive, but in some cases, these long-range missile may still play a key role. For example, if the Chinese Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships are deployed in the controversial waters of the Chunxiao oil and gas fields, but the two sides far away. Through diplomatic means to resolve the crisis, China could use the long-range missile attacks on ships in Japan, and then expect the United States asked Japan and other Asian countries to remain calm, to avoid a larger conflict. China is also one of the 31 cards in Russia expressed interest in early warning helicopter, the helicopter can have some small fleet battlefield awareness.

Chinese navy is developing anti-ship ballistic missiles, the Office of Naval Intelligence in 2004, said China is studying the use of conventional theater ballistic missile attacks in the waters near Taiwan, the carrier battle group ships. These range ballistic missiles, including a 600 km east of 15, with a range of 1,000 kilometers east-15I type and range of more than 2,000 km east ~ 21C solid-fuel ballistic missiles. ONI also said that the Chinese Navy is developing a mobile ballistic missile, the missile's warhead may use active and passive radar, dual-mode terminal guidance. Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the United States now do not have anti-ship ballistic missile defense capability, the Chinese army would soon undermine the successful development of the missile deterrence in Japan and the U.S. Navy.