TL - 6 The TL - 6 ( Tian Long - 6 ) or Sky Dragon - 6 is a light anti - ship missile . History . The development of the TL program appeared to have started in the mid - 1990s and were originally identified as the FL - 8 ( TL - 10 ) and FL - 9 ( TL - 6 ) under China National Aero Technology Import & Export Company ( CATIC ) . The program and missiles were officially revealed in the Zhuhai Airshow in 2004 by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation ( CASIC ) . Development . TL - 6 along with the smaller TL - 10 are both developed and manufactured by Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation . The origin of TL - 6 is similar to that of TL - 10 : there are thousands small FAC and patrol boat s armed with anti - ship missile s that pose great threats , but it is highly inefficient to use anti - ship missile s such as Harpoon missile and Exocet that are designed against large warships for the destruction of these small boats , thus it is necessary to develop a light anti - ship missile to engage these small yet potentially highly lethal boats . Design . While TL - 10 series is specifically designed to engage boats displacing 500 tons or less , TL - 6 series is specifically designed to engage larger naval vessel with displacement up to 1 , 000 tons . Along with C - 704 that covers ships from 1 , 000 tons to 3 , 000 tons , and larger anti ship missile s such as C - 802 that covers large ships , China has developed a complete anti ship cruise missile families that covers every displacement class . Western sources have claimed that the Iranian Nasr anti - ship missile is based on TL - 6 . Like the anti - ship version of the C - 701 and TL - 10 , TL - 6 can also be armed with a television seeker which is interchangeable with TL - 10 . At the sixth Zhuhai airshow in 2006 , the manufacturer revealed the plan already in development to have various platforms including aircraft , surface ships / boats , and from land / vehicle . However , like most light anti - ship missile s in the world , it is certain that this missile would not be launched from submarine s , as the manufacturer has confirmed . Like its smaller cousin TL - 6 , the version that has been successfully completed is the ship - to - ship version , and hence the designation JJ / TL - 6 at the sixth Zhuhai airshow in 2006 , with JJ stands for Jian Jian , meaning " Ship ( to ) Ship " . FL - 9 . FL - 9 ( FL = Fei Long / Feilong , or 飞龙 in Chinese , meaning Flying Dragon ) is the cheaper coastal defense version of TL - 6 . Following the tradition of Silkworm missile , a land - based version with the lowest requirement is also developed for this missile : as the missile is stored in a controlled environment in a warehouse on land , the salinity , temperature and relative humidity requirements for the missile itself are greatly reduced . Because it is designed and deployed on land , the associate C4I systems can be located separately : the distributed system prevents electromagnetic interference , and if the C4I system is attacked , the distributed nature of the FL - 9 would greatly reduce casualties and damage . Nasr - 1 . Nasr - 1 is reported to be the Iranian version of TL - 6 . However , there are some disagreements over this due to the lack of official confirmation from neither the Iran nor China . While many sources claim that Nasr is based on TL - 6 , there are others that claim Nasr is based on another Chinese anti - ship missile , C - 704 instead . TL - 2 . A new version of TL - 6 appeared made its public debut at the 7th Zhuhai Airshow held at the end of 2008 , together with its smaller cousin TL - 1 . Developed by Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation , the same manufacturer of TL - 6 , the new missile is designated as TL - 2 , and appears almost identical to TL - 6 . Not much information of TL - 2 was released in detail at the air show , and based on scattered technical information published in China , it has been suggested that TL - 2 is an upgraded TL - 6 with a data link added , so that in addition to the original fire - and - forget capability , the only capability present on TL - 10 , there is an extra capability present on TL - 2 : operators can select to attack a different target other than the original one , if a greater threat has been identified after launching TL - 2 . These are other speculations on TL - 2 , such as TL - 6 was purely for export , while TL - 2 is the designation for domestic Chinese use , but these have yet to be verified when more detailed technical information is released in the future . Although the manufacturer has claimed the that TL - 1 can be deployed from various platform , the sample shown at the 7th Zhuhai Airshow was ship - born only , designated as JJ / TL - 2 , with JJ stands for Jian Jian ( 舰舰 ) , meaning " Ship ( to ) Ship " .