C-802 coastal defense cruise missile site

<div> <a href='https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/c-802-coastal-defense-cruise-missile-site/'> <img border='0' src='https://c1.vgtstatic.com/thumb/1/0/10229-v1/c-802-coastal-defense-cruise-missile-site.jpg' alt='C-802 coastal defense cruise missile site' class='map-thumb' height='150' width='150'/> </a> </div> By: <a class='user-link' href='https://virtualglobetrotting.com/user/kjfitz/' title='kjfitz: Info'>kjfitz</a>. <br /> <a data-mid='10229' class='map-link ' href='https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/c-802-coastal-defense-cruise-missile-site/' title='C-802 coastal defense cruise missile site'>Read more...</a> <br /> C-802: Chinese cruise missile similar to the Exocet and marketed for use against naval escort vessels. According to its manufacturer, the China National Precision Instrument Import-Export Corporation, the C-802 is characterized by `mighty attack capability, great firepower.' It has a range of 120 km [75 miles] and a high explosive warhead of 165 kg [363 lbs.].<br /> <br /> Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy: Iran is believed to possess sixty C-802 missiles aboard 15 Chinese and French missile boats.<br /> <br /> Land-based Variant: Iran is believed to be acquiring an undetermined number of C-802 missiles which will be mounted on Transporter-Erector-Launchers [TELs]. For over a year Iran has been constructing tunnels and other fortifications along its Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman coastlines which could accommodate these TELs.<br /><br /> <br />