The supersonic CM-400 AKG long range anti ship and land attack missile
was first displayed along with the at the JF-17 Thunder /FC-1 Xiaolong
fighter jet at the China International Aviation & Aerospace
Exhibition, Zhuhai 2012 Air Show.
The CM-400 AKG missile ha been developed by the China Aerospace Science
and Industry Corporation (CASIC) as a light weight, high speed, long
range, air launched missile capable of destroying ground and maritime
targets with precision.
The CM-400AKG missile is a fire and forget weapon with range of 180 to
250 kilometers. It is available with different seeker options depending
upon the mission profile. Chinese side seems to be offering an active
radar seeker and an imaging infrared seeker capable of
target-recognition (TR).
It is a single stage, solid rocket-powered high speed missile which can
carry penetrator or blast / fragmentation warheads to destroy the fixed
or slow moving ground and maritime targets. CM-400AKG can
be pre-programmed to destroy the ground targets with percision by
uploading the digital imagery of the target or it can
be retargeted using its active radar seeker.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has become the first export customer for
supersonic CM-400AKG missile. The Deputy Project Director of the JF-17
Thunder/FC-1 Xiaolong fighter jet program, Air Commodore Mahmood Khalid
has said, "This is a mature weapon that has been fully tested. It is not
conceptual. It is in service. It hits the target at Mach 4 or above and
its kinetic impact alone is enough to destroy any high-value target,
like an aircraft carrier. The CM-400AKG is a very high-speed missile
that is very difficult to intercept."
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