The C-101, also associated with the YJ-1 designation, was an early Chinese supersonic anti-ship cruise missile. It reflected China's effort to move beyond older subsonic Styx-derived weapons toward faster sea-denial systems.
The missile's significance was its speed and low-altitude anti-ship mission rather than long range. It was intended to threaten ships from coastal, ship, or air-related launch contexts, using high terminal speed to compress defender reaction time.
C-101 did not become as internationally prominent as later Chinese C-801/C-802 families, but it remains important in the evolution of Chinese anti-ship missile design. It shows the experimentation phase between Soviet-derived legacy missiles and China's more mature exportable missile families.
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