And GJ-11.
Zhuhai Airshow 2022
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And GJ-11.
And GB50 and what looks like GB25 being tested from what looks to be something like Y-11.
I do wonder why the two different variants of the GB100 though, since the differences don't seem that great. A variant has smaller canards but larger fins. Non A variant on the other hand has pop up fin configuration, for even greater rear control surfaces when in flight.
Plus the non-A variant is slightly chubbier at the waist, and has that rear cone protrustion.
Aerodnamic reasons or some datalink reasons?
I guess non-A variant is slightly more compact, depth wise, for internal carriage. But the difference seems quite miniscule, maybe on order of several cm.
Interestingly, GB50 amd GB25 aren't very compact either, despite their thin body.Their control surfaces look huge and are not foldable. So they're not optimized for internal carriage. They rather seems optimized for in-air maneuvers, given those big control surfaces. I guess they should then also have the seeker and targeting electronics inside, optimized against small, moving targets.
I do wonder why the two different variants of the GB100 though, since the differences don't seem that great. A variant has smaller canards but larger fins. Non A variant on the other hand has pop up fin configuration, for even greater rear control surfaces when in flight.
Plus the non-A variant is slightly chubbier at the waist, and has that rear cone protrustion.
Aerodnamic reasons or some datalink reasons?
I guess non-A variant is slightly more compact, depth wise, for internal carriage. But the difference seems quite miniscule, maybe on order of several cm.
Interestingly, GB50 amd GB25 aren't very compact either, despite their thin body.Their control surfaces look huge and are not foldable. So they're not optimized for internal carriage. They rather seems optimized for in-air maneuvers, given those big control surfaces. I guess they should then also have the seeker and targeting electronics inside, optimized against small, moving targets.
Well ... concerning the long-awaited CH-7 I'm disappointed ... the model in 2018 was already way more realistic than "this"!
Remind me taurus missile.
Looks like 满载重心 (full load centre of mass) 空载重心 (empty load centre of mass).
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We don’t known if it’s a dispenser of a cruise missiles ala storm shadow, also rocket engine for something clearly designed for subsonic flight is exceedingly strange
yes, it looks like they haven't made any progress here. Makes me think that they couldn't get any export customers to sign up.