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CJ-100

land-attack cruise missile

The CJ-100 (Chinese: 长剑-100; pinyin: Cháng Jiàn 100; lit. 'long sword 100')), military designation DF-100 (Chinese: 东风-100; pinyin: Dōngfēng 100; lit. 'East Wind 100'), NATO reporting name: CH-SSC-13 Splinter, is a Chinese land-attack cruise missile.

== History == According to the US Air Force's China Aerospace Studies Institute in 2020, at least one operational People's Liberation Army Rocket Force began receiving CJ-100s in 2019; full operational capability (FOC) was anticipated for 2022.

== Design == The CJ-100 is supersonic in nearly all flight phases. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in 2022, the missile has a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi; 1,100 nmi). In 2020, Ta Kung Pao reported the missile's accuracy as "meter-level". According to Chinese reports, the missile may also be carried by the Xi'an H-6K bomber.

== Operators == China

People's Liberation Army Rocket Force - Estimate 54 as of 2024

== See also == CJ-10 CJ-1000 YJ-12

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