While the
TL-10 series is specifically designed to engage boats displacing 500 tons or less, the TL-6 series is specifically designed to engage larger naval vessels with a 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 missiles such as
C-802 that covers large ships, China has developed a complete anti-ship cruise missile family 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 land/vehicle. However, like most light
anti-ship missiles in the world, it is certain that this
missile would not be launched from
submarines, 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. 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==