PLAN Anti-ship/surface missiles

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Yankee: YJ-15 is a scaled-down version of the YJ-12, designed to be mounted on the J-15's heavy pylon, and it is already on combat duty. Until the next-gen anti-ship missile for the J-35's internal weapons bay is ready, the naval air force will use it for the time being.

YJ-15 is still not the "target missile", but a transitional product.

By that, the YJ-15 should also be UVLS-capable. However, there likely won't be a need to, given the roles and responsibilities of FFGs in the PLAN.

 

[Deino]

Do we have clearer images of the three new AShMs by now than those posted already in #1,392?

 

[tamsen_ikard]

Yankee: YJ-15 is a scaled-down version of the YJ-12, designed to be mounted on the J-15's heavy pylon, and it is already on combat duty. Until the next-gen anti-ship missile for the J-35's internal weapons bay is ready, the naval air force will use it for the time being.

YJ-15 is still not the "target missile", but a transitional product.

That's a great advancement. Having supersonic anti-ship missile carried by j-15 is a big improvement over current subsonic ones. It was a big capability gap and now has been resolved!!

 

[Maikeru]

That's a great advancement. Having supersonic anti-ship missile carried by j-15 is a big improvement over current subsonic ones. It was a big capability gap and now has been resolved!!

May have been resolved years ago but they're just showing it now.

 

[Atomicfrog]

That's a great advancement. Having supersonic anti-ship missile carried by j-15 is a big improvement over current subsonic ones. It was a big capability gap and now has been resolved!!

They have already the yj12 for supersonic missile on the j-15. Still better range and speed is always wished.

 

[Tomboy]

ey have already the yj12 for supersonic missile on the j-15. Still better range and speed is always wished.

No, the issue with YJ-12 is that it could not be efficiently carried by the J-15. As I recall J-15 could mount a single YJ-12 under the center pylon while J-15 could carry 3 YJ-15s since it is smaller and lighter.

 

[FriedRiceNSpice]

That's a great advancement. Having supersonic anti-ship missile carried by j-15 is a big improvement over current subsonic ones. It was a big capability gap and now has been resolved!!

They saw that you were complaining about the PLA not having a Brahmos equivalent missile a few weeks ago and developed the YJ-15 just for you.

 

[Atomicfrog]

No, the issue with YJ-12 is that it could not be efficiently carried by the J-15. As I recall J-15 could mount a single YJ-12 under the center pylon while J-15 could carry 3 YJ-15s since it is smaller and lighter.

If they achieve payload, range and speed in a smaller missile it would be interesting for sure. It would deliver nice salvo with a couple of J-15. It need to achieve range and speed of YJ-12 at the minimum.

 

[Dante80]

It need to achieve range and speed of YJ-12 at the minimum.

I don't know about the "minimum" part, but it is an air-launched missile, so it starts high and fast.

 

[tamsen_ikard]

They saw that you were complaining about the PLA not having a Brahmos equivalent missile a few weeks ago and developed the YJ-15 just for you.

Its good that PLA is noticing all the gaps in capabilities and addressing them one by one. I also talked about a zircon equivalent, now they have it too.