Which country manufactures the Silkworm Missile
Silkworm (missile) a ship-to-ship variant. The missile is obsolete and will be replaced by the YJ-8 series in the future. The HY-2 was widely exported to the Middle East, and was the missile most associated with the "silkworm" nickname. Variants Specifications The HaiYing-3 (HY-3, also known as C-301 in its export name; NATO codename: CSS-C-6 Sawhorse) is the active radar homing, ramjet-powered supersonic land-to-ship missile developed by China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy (CHETA, also known as 3rd Space Academy). The missile was developed in the 1980s based on the design of the HY-2 (C-201) and the ramjet technology of the cancelled YJ-1
Silkworm (missile) to manufacture these missiles itself. On February 25, 1991 a shore-based Iraqi launcher fired two Silkworm missiles at the USS "Missouri" which was in company with the USS "Jarrett" and HMS "Gloucester". A Sea Dart missile from HMS "Gloucester" shot down one Silkworm and the other missed, crashing into the ocean. Royal Air Force officers subsequently recovered an HY-2 missile at Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. It is currently displayed at the RAF Museum Cosford. During the Iraq War, Iraq used the Silkworm as a surface to surface missile by firing at least two of them at the coalition positions