Chinese Hypersonic Developments (HGVs/HCMs)
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Hopefully a strategic (>3000/4000 kilometers of maximum strike range) HCM-based successor to the DF-100... and hopefully we have yet another answer as to why the DF-100 were only procured by the PLARF in limited numbers back then.
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Gotta reserve some surprises for 2027 and 2029 too... The PLA cannot spoil the PLA fanboys too much in one go.
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Overall the sentiment should be that HCMs seem to be something the PLA consider mature and proliferated across a wide variety of launch platforms and "sizes".
I suppose the nuances of their range, speed and altitude/flight profile will be the things to consider going forwards, but all in all it seems hypersonic cruise missiles with scramjets is something that can be ticked off as not only a mature piece of tech but also as a fielded series of systems in operation.
I suppose the nuances of their range, speed and altitude/flight profile will be the things to consider going forwards, but all in all it seems hypersonic cruise missiles with scramjets is something that can be ticked off as not only a mature piece of tech but also as a fielded series of systems in operation.
Wasn’t there some recent speculation or academic papers about hypersonic (scramjet) AAMs and SAMs?
Can’t remember if it was scramjet + RDE as well.
like the bicone and HGV. DF-21D/DF-17 achieved a technological breakthrough, and then on this basis, it was enlarged or reduced size and appeared on various carriers.
The Ukrainian crews who faced it also said it flies in a very similar way to the Iskander from their perspective. It is detected a bit later because of its flatter trajectory, and is a bit faster, but that's about it.Cute orca said Zircon was "trash" that is completely incomparable to YJ19
Or they could use the YJ-18 to bridge the effective strike range gap between torpedoes and YJ-19.
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Depending on how maneuverable, it could maybe do a big U-turn in mid-air? Or some other moves?