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.
PLAN Anti-ship/surface missiles
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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.
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.
They 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.
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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.
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.
I don't know about the "minimum" part, but it is an air-launched missile, so it starts high and fast.
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.