Origin of China’s Latest Cruise Missile Debated
The latest missile bears a close resemblance to the Indian-Russian BrahMos missile.
The CX-1 missile on display at the recent Airshow China. (Photo: Reuben Johnson)
The CX-1 missile on display at the recent Airshow China. (Photo: Reuben Johnson)

One of the many new weapons shown for the first time Airshow China this year was the China Aerospace Science Industrial Corporation (CASIC) CX-1 Mach 3 cruise missile. The PRC’s defense industrial complex has a number of cruise missiles that can be either ship- or air-launched, and each successive show at Zhuhai seems to generate new models. So this missile is not a major breakthrough in Chinese defense technology.