YJ-6

{{short description|Chinese anti-ship missiles}}

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| image = File:YJ-6 Anti-ship missiles 20170919.jpg

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| caption = YJ-6 missile

| type = Anti-ship cruise missile

| origin = China

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| mass = 2440 kg

| length = 7.63 m

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| diameter = 0.76 m

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The YJ-6 ({{zh|c=鹰击-6|p=yingji-6|l=eagle strike 6}}) is a series of Chinese subsonic air-launched anti-ship missile. It is manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy. The export version is called C-601 and the NATO reporting name is CH-AS-1 Kraken.{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/c-601.htm |title=C-601 YJ-6 |website=globalsecurity }}{{cite report |last1=Gormley |first1=Dennis M. |last2=Erickson |first2=Andrew S. |last3=Yuan |first3=Jingdong |date=2014b |title=A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China's Cruise Missile Ambitions |url=http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/Books/force-multiplier.pdf |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Defense University Press |ref=lowvis}}