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YJ-12 (YJ is the abbreviation of Yingji or 鹰击 in Chinese meaning Eagle Strike) is a supersonic Chinese anti-ship missile developed in the 1990s. Partially due to the limited information available on YJ-12 it is often mistaken for another little known Chinese supersonic anti-ship cruise missile YJ-22 the Chinese equivalent of SS-N-22. Additionally YJ-12 is also sometimes confused with YJ-91 by non-Chinese sources. YJ-12 entered service in early 2000s.