Zhuhai Air Show 2020

Deino

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Having 4 sets of fins is almost unheard of, especially I this layout. Makes me wonder if there indeed is a gap but one that is hidden due to some optic illusion. If so, then we might be looking at two regular missiles. Or that were looking at missile with a booster. Not that it makes sense but then again a missile with four sets of fins doesn't make sense either.
Unless it's some kind of loitering esm / jammer flying vehicle and some of those fins are in fact antennas. Interesting times indeed.

Must be a funny coincidence due to the angle that we don't see the gap between both missiles, which in fact is not that small.

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Blitzo

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Speaking of this pod. I think we've seen a similar communication jammer pod on JH-7A before. View attachment 77517
But this new pod have a new pair of smaller antennas.

They are similar externally in the sense that they have some ventral antennae, though the size of the pods and what we can see of their geometry, is quite different.

They might or might not serve similar roles, but they should be quite separate systems imo.
 

by78

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A CJ-1000A mockup at Zhuhai.

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siegecrossbow

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Having 4 sets of fins is almost unheard of, especially I this layout. Makes me wonder if there indeed is a gap but one that is hidden due to some optic illusion. If so, then we might be looking at two regular missiles. Or that were looking at missile with a booster. Not that it makes sense but then again a missile with four sets of fins doesn't make sense either.
Unless it's some kind of loitering esm / jammer flying vehicle and some of those fins are in fact antennas. Interesting times indeed.

It's a two-stage PL-15 missile! ;)

(Yes I was joking)
 
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