Chinese Hypersonic Developments (HGVs/HCMs)
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No, it probably is some kind of SM-6 equvalent, seems to be approx ~6m long with booster. It is also a navy missile(Code on the vehicle starts with H).
Finally PLA navy is getting some good stuff. They have been technologically stagnant for sometime when it comes to missiles. Finally, they are can be on Par US destroyers when it comes to missile loadout of Air-Defense and of course extreme overmatch when it comes to anti-ship missiles.
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I hope they unveil quad packed missiles too
555 please!
Yankee: Back when the navy released footage of the sea-based hypersonic missile launch, I was being cryptic. Because it could have been this configuration, or that configuration, or even another one—at the time, I wasn’t sure which specific hypersonic missile it was. Now you know why, right?
For what it's worth, the vehicles carrying these munitions are definitely not launchers; rather, they look like the parade-specific display platforms that the YJ-18 and other naval missiles were carried on in previous parades.
Which kind of implies that these missiles are either VLS-borne or at least shipborne.
Only thing I'd say is the HGV-equipped one appears a bit too large to fit in UVLS cells compared to the YJ-21 and new ship-launched HCM? I don't believe the PLAN operates H-6s anymore and it doesn't appear to be air-launched (although it could have the ability to be). Unless it's meant for submarines? But the 095 isn't here yet. Not really sure.