irst homemade air-ground precision guided weapon attack training missile was born. Not sure which one they are talking about.
New-type airborne training missile scores perfect hit
PLA Daily 2005-09-28
It was one day in late June and the sky was cloudless blue. An advanced battle plane of the PLA Air Force carrying a China-made air-ground attack training missile soared into the azure sky from a military airport. "Target contacted! Lock-in! Tracking! Fire!" The feedback of the test flight report from the pilot to the control tower indicated that the first homemade air-ground precision guided weapon attack training missile was born. The appraisal commission consisting of 3 academicians and 60 experts highly appraised the newly born training missile as having "achieved the internationally advanced level".
The X-type battle plane is a new type battle plane fielded to the troops of the air force for satisfying the modernization requirements of the PLA. But the X-type air-ground missile, as a main battle weapon, has no training missiles due to the restrictions of various reasons. Thus the training for the weapon cannot be conducted since the cost of the real missile is extremely high and the safety is not guaranteed. In order to break the bottleneck which handicaps the battle plane's fighting power, Professor Huang Changqiang, an air force-level expert from the PLA Air Force Engineering University, proposed to integrate the advanced domestic technical force and independently develop the attack training missile. It was a tough job. Professor Huang led his scientific research group to expand their research ground from laboratory to workshops, troops, test ground and even to the sky. After one year hard work, they eventually solved the key scientific problems, which used to cost several years, and created many "national firsts" with the internationally advanced level. The project for the attack training missile was honored the First-Class Military Scientific and Technological Progress Award.
By Zhang Nan and Guo Kai
(Sep. 28, PLA Daily)
New-type airborne training missile scores perfect hit
PLA Daily 2005-09-28
It was one day in late June and the sky was cloudless blue. An advanced battle plane of the PLA Air Force carrying a China-made air-ground attack training missile soared into the azure sky from a military airport. "Target contacted! Lock-in! Tracking! Fire!" The feedback of the test flight report from the pilot to the control tower indicated that the first homemade air-ground precision guided weapon attack training missile was born. The appraisal commission consisting of 3 academicians and 60 experts highly appraised the newly born training missile as having "achieved the internationally advanced level".
The X-type battle plane is a new type battle plane fielded to the troops of the air force for satisfying the modernization requirements of the PLA. But the X-type air-ground missile, as a main battle weapon, has no training missiles due to the restrictions of various reasons. Thus the training for the weapon cannot be conducted since the cost of the real missile is extremely high and the safety is not guaranteed. In order to break the bottleneck which handicaps the battle plane's fighting power, Professor Huang Changqiang, an air force-level expert from the PLA Air Force Engineering University, proposed to integrate the advanced domestic technical force and independently develop the attack training missile. It was a tough job. Professor Huang led his scientific research group to expand their research ground from laboratory to workshops, troops, test ground and even to the sky. After one year hard work, they eventually solved the key scientific problems, which used to cost several years, and created many "national firsts" with the internationally advanced level. The project for the attack training missile was honored the First-Class Military Scientific and Technological Progress Award.
By Zhang Nan and Guo Kai
(Sep. 28, PLA Daily)
