The CJ-1000 () is a hypersonic land attack and anti-ship cruise missile powered by an air-breathing scramjet engine.
Design The CJ-1000 is a hypersonic cruise missile designed for long-range precision strike. The missile is likely based on the CJ-100 missile, previously seen on the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in 2019. The missile reportedly is fitted with a scramjet engine, allowing maneuverable, sustained hypersonic flight within the atmosphere.
Chinese state media reported that the CJ-1000 is designed to engage "system-node targets on the ground, at sea or in the air", suggesting the missile is capable of targeting aircraft. The intended aerial targets for CJ-1000 are likely slow-moving, high-altitude, large aircraft such as aerial refuelers, airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, and surveillance planes.
Operators
People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
See also CJ-100 YJ-19 CJ-10
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