The silkworm was a guided missile constructed for the People's Republic of China with the assistance of British engineer, Sir Alex Green. A total of 50 missiles were subsequently stolen by Walker D. Plank and the criminal organisation, S.C.U.M., who used them to hold Hong Kong and the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 to ransom. The weapon appeared in episode 39 ("Queen's Ransom") of the 1991 animated television series, James Bond Jr.
Real life[]
The SY (Chinese: 上游; pinyin: shàngyóu; lit. 'Upstream'), and HY (Chinese: 海鹰; pinyin: hǎiyīng; lit. 'Sea Eagle') series were early anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) developed by the People's Republic of China from the Soviet P-15 Termit missile. They entered service in the late 1960s and remained the main ASCMs deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy through the 1980s. The missiles were used by the PRC and export customers to develop land-attack missiles.
The name Silkworm is popularly used for the entire SY and HY family. As a NATO reporting name it applies only to the land-based variant of the HY-1.