Z-19 armed recon helicopter

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Cross-posting from the munitions thread. A Z-19 is seen firing a missile that features very substantial strakes. Can anyone ID the missile? It appears to be entirely new.

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It kinda looks like the wings will fold out doesn't it?

Indeed. Each strake appears to be composed of two sections in tandem. The forward section is basically a small fin, and the rear section is much longer in length. I wonder if the rear section is foldable... If it is, this missile might be the same as the previously seen missile tentatively designated
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by Huitong. The image below captures a KD-X right after launch and probably just before the rear sections began to unfold.

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