Chinese air to air missiles

Deino said:

Simply a R-73 training round !

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Yup, they will not let a old J-11A to handles latest tech... But be at least a J-11B class fighter.

Has anyone seen any updates or prototypes of the rumoured PL-10 short range AAM and/or the PL-12D / PL-21 longer range, ramjet powered AAM?

After a lot of web chatter in 2009-11, it's gone all quiet... you'd assume that these systems and newer AGM capable of internal carriage (J-20) would be in development as new platforms like the J-20 and J-10B are put through exhaustive testing prior to achieving IOC... any updates???

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MMW active guidance AAM in SAR mode? Is it the evidence of dual-use AAM?

the russian also pursue similiar program,using MMW rather than IR.

I don't know if this is a correct designation or even it's Chinese but it's said to be a PL-13 test.

Interesting, with that booster set up, they could almost use it as a SAM in its current form should they desire it once the tests are completed.

plawolf said:

Interesting, with that booster set up, they could almost use it as a SAM in its current form should they desire it once the tests are completed.

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Booster to push missile supersonic enlarges the minimum engage range. It is a great deficiency for this size SAM.

It does look like Ramjet powered PL13. The booster is to get the needed minimum speed.

Here's an interesting link where several new Chinese AAM's are discussed and "reconstructed" as CG's ... these include the development of the PL-10 (from the "early PL-10, the PL--ASR and now the one seen on the J-20) as well as the PL-13 and PL-21 !

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Deino