Errymath: CJ 100

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<span style="font-size: 12px;">     DF-100 Hypersonic Cruise Missile at 
National Day Military Parade 2019. With a range of 2000-3000 kms that is
 capable of hitting land targets or large warships.</span><br />
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The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, or PLARF, <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/30058/lets-talk-about-this-previously-unseen-ground-launched-missile-that-china-just-leaked" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">posted</a>
 the full video on social media on Sept. 25, 2019. Sometime afterward, 
the original one-minute long montage was replaced with one that omitted 
the launch of the unknown weapon and replaced it with unrelated footage 
of known missiles, according to the <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3030552/did-china-just-accidentally-show-its-new-supersonic-cruise" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>SCMP.</i></a><br />
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There is no obvious indication about what this new missile is or what 
its mission may be. The video shows that it is vertically launched from a
 10-wheel transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) that appears to be able to 
carry two of the weapons in a ready-to-fire configuration. Photos of 
preparations for the 70th-anniversary parade in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019,
 have shown a similar, previously unseen TEL with its entire rear 
section tarped off.<br />
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A screenshot from the original PLARF video showing the TEL as the missile begins to blast off.<br />
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From Weibo<br />
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Chinese Internet<br />
A similar-looking TEL seen during preparations for the parade in Beijing on Oct. 1.<br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It seems to be CJ-100 near space supersonic(Mach 3~5) cruise missile. <a href="https://t.co/ACZ82CPOFl">https://t.co/ACZ82CPOFl</a> <a href="https://t.co/LSt46g4IkR">pic.twitter.com/LSt46g4IkR</a></p>— dafeng cao (@dafengcao) <a href="https://twitter.com/dafengcao/status/1176828135809024001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The weapon itself appears to have at least two distinct parts, a main 
body with a very large rocket booster attached to the end. The booster 
would fall away at some point in the early stage of flight.<br />
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The main weapon has large strakes or fins and what appear to be a number
 of relatively long and thin fairings at the tail end, which some have 
suggested could be <a class="externalLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ramjet</a>
 intakes. An air-breathing ramjet propulsion system would fit with the 
large booster motor, since the weapon would then need to get up to an 
appropriate speed and altitude before its engines could function 
properly. A number of existing Chinese supersonic anti-ship missiles, 
such as <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20616/sams-and-anti-ship-missiles-are-now-guarding-chinas-man-made-south-china-sea-islands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the YJ-12 series</a> or <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1126731.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the newer HD-1</a>, use a similar general configuration.<br />
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China's HD-1 supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.<br />
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The PLARF already operates the ground-based subsonic <a class="externalLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJ-10_(missile)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CJ-10</a>
 land-attack cruise missile, which has a range of approximately 930 
miles. This has led some to believe that this new weapon is a 
supersonic, or possibly hypersonic, land-attack cruise missile intended 
to replace that existing weapon.<br />
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Hypersonic speed is defined as <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29705/this-video-of-a-rocket-sled-doing-6599mph-at-holloman-afb-is-absolute-insanity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">greater than Mach 5</a>.
 The wide nose and missile body, together with the strakes/fins, would 
seem to make it unlikely that this is indeed a hypersonic weapon.<br />
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Others have posited that it could be a <a class="externalLink" href="https://twitter.com/AntoineBondaz/status/1176895639000616966" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new quasi-ballistic missile</a>.
 However, the strakes/fins and possible ramjet propulsion would be at 
odds with what one would expect to see in a weapon that is supposed to 
fly in a ballistic flight path.<br />
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Regardless of the exact nature of its configuration, the weapon could 
also potentially be intended for other roles instead of or in addition 
to striking land targets, including engaging hostile ships at extended 
ranges. The PLARF has already developed significant <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28810/chinas-reported-anti-ship-ballistic-missile-test-in-the-south-china-sea-is-a-big-deal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">anti-ship ballistic missile capabilities</a>, most notably with <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29975/new-photos-point-to-chinese-bomber-being-able-to-carry-huge-anti-ship-ballistic-missiles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the DF-21D</a> medium-range ballistic missile and <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25904/china-wants-u-s-to-know-its-ships-in-s-china-sea-can-be-targeted-by-long-range-ballistic-missiles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the DF-26</a> intermediate-range ballistic missile, the latter of which is seen in the video below.<br />
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CJ 100 or DF 100 Cruise Missile

DF-100 Hypersonic Cruise Missile at National Day Military Parade 2019. With a range of 2000-3000 kms that is capable of hitting la...

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