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LY-60 SHIP-TO-AIR MISSILE

The LieYing-60 (LY-60) is the surface-to-air missile developed from the Italian Alenia Aspide. The missile is available in surface-to-air (LY-60), ship-to-air (LY-60), and air-to-air (PL-11) versions. The PLA designation for the land/ship-to-air variant is HQ-64. The land-based variant was first revealed in 1994. Two box launchers of the shipborne variant LY-60 were temporarily fitted on the HQ-61 SAM launcher of a Type 053H2G (Jinagwei-I class) frigate for missile testing. The shipborne LY-60 was exported to Pakistan to be fitted on a frigate but the missile has received no order from the PLA. Unconfirmed report suggested that a vertically launched variant of the LY-60 is currently being developed for the PLAN’s latest Type 054 Ma’anshan class frigate.

The LY-60 is mainly intended for the interception of aircraft and missiles flying in medium- and low-altitude. The missile is guided via radio command by the fire-control system with artificial interference capability. The LY-60 design team claimed that it is the only medium/low-altitude air defence missile in the world that uses microprocessor intelligent module technology. The LY-60's search radar (I/J-band) can simultaneously track up to 40 targets, and the tracking radar is able to simultaneously track 12 targets, and engage three targets at once. The use of the moving target tracking processing system and frequency agility technology also gives the system good anti-jamming capability.

SPECIFICATIONS

Missile dimensions: Length 3.89m; Diameter 0.208m; Wingspan: 0.68m
Launch weight: 220kg
Propulsion: Single stage solid rocket
Operating altitude: 0.03~12Km
Operating range: 1~18km
Maximum speed: Mach 4.0
Guidance: Semi-active radar
Warhead: HE, prefabricated steel ball fragmentation type
System reaction time: 9 seconds
Single-shot hit probability: 60~80% depending on the type of targets

This page was last updated 30 April 2006