I didn’t know the PLAGF operated their own landing ships. Doesn’t the PLAN also operate a bunch of landing craft?Rarely photographed PLAGF landing ship.
QN-202 man-portable micro-missile at the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia. It's the first time I've seen this particular targeting/command unit.
I wonder what the unit price are for those mini missiles, conventional wisdom would suggest that bigger boom is warranted when a guidence system is used on cost grounds. The warhead looks like 40mm grenade sized.QN-202 makes an appearance at IQDEX in Iraq. The placard shows camera feed from the seeker. Armor penetration from the small warhead is around 80mm RHA.
I wonder what the unit price are for those mini missiles, conventional wisdom would suggest that bigger boom is warranted when a guidence system is used on cost grounds. The warhead looks like 40mm grenade sized.
My point wasn't that it's not useful, it's that missile costs don't scale linearly. If you're paying say 75% of the cost of a javalin sized guided missile, why not go for the bigger bang.We've seen small ukraine drones take out Russian tanks when hit from the sides and/or from the tops.
Since QN-202 is a top-attack missile and can do 80mm, in theory it has a decent chance to disable/blind or even take-out a MBT if hit in the right place.