Zhuhai Airshow 2022

test1979 said:

seems to have no motivation
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You mean "no motor(engine)"?
The naming AKF indicates it is a missile. A stands for missile, K stands for air (Kong in Chinese). Unless PLAN categories unpowered but guided glider as missile, there should be an engine. As the question of where the inlet is, I think some stealthy cruise missiles have their inlet buried in the fuselage in a recess.

test1979 said:

seems to have no motivation
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Might be a mistranslation from Chinese 动力 meaning propulsion or power which can also mean motivation.

taxiya said:

You mean "no motor(engine)"?
The naming AKF indicates it is a missile. A stands for missile, K stands for air (Kong in Chinese). Unless PLAN categories unpowered but guided glider as missile, there should be an engine. As the question of where the inlet is, I think some stealthy cruise missiles have their inlet buried in the fuselage in a recess.

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Actually many of the similar blocky missiles have exposed intakes (storm shadow, Taurus, etc) but JASSM does have a fully buried one, I’m leaning toward AKF-98A having something like that on the back

test1979 said:

seems to have no motivation
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I pray to all Chinese gods, immortals, buddhas, ancestors, animal spirits, anyone, PLEASE let the 1000kg PGM be carried on the J-16 in static display!!!

Been busy these few days, any new surprises from Zhuhai Airshow?

Kejora said:

New SAM?

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Some high-resolution images.

Regarding the recent stealthy munition. I saw this on Twitter. Looks like there is a gap for an air inlet below the fuselage. This would be more similar to the ACM rather than the JASSM.

Norinco' s trailer for 14th Zhuhai Airshow.

A peek into the cargo hold of a Y-20U tanker. You can clearly see the drogue deployment mechanism and how it connects through the opening in the fuselage. Further back into the cargo hold, I spot a round outline. I wonder... Is that the fuel tank? It could be some kind of cargo, BUT the drogue deployment mechanism would have to be dismantled first to get that thing out. So I'm leaning toward that being the fuel tank, and if so, this is the first actual image of it.