Chinese air to air missiles

test1979 said:

wow, very rare clear news.
In Ordnance Technology’s interview with Wang Jiaying, the leader of the Missile Institute, he clearly answered that the self-use version PL-15 carried by the J-10 has a range of more than 200KM, and the foreign trade version of the PL-15E has a shorter range than the self-use version.
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test1979 said:

wow, very rare clear news.
In Ordnance Technology’s interview with Wang Jiaying, the leader of the Missile Institute, he clearly answered that the self-use version PL-15 carried by the J-10 has a range of more than 200KM, and the foreign trade version of the PL-15E has a shorter range than the self-use version.
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Albatross said:

Is it because of MTCR (or any other export regulation) or is it to safeguard Chinese technology?

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siegecrossbow said:

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Here is an interesting document that my answer why PL-15E has a max range of 145KM as opposed to PL-15's speculated range of around 180KM. The table lists the maximum range of AAM depending on the duration of time that elapses between the two pulses of a dual-pulse rocket motor. Under the head-on condition, the maximum range occurs when there is a 30 second gap between firing. If the gap between firing is 0s, the head-on maximum range is -- SURPRISE -- 145KM. What do you call a dual-pulse rocket motor with no pause between firing? A plain old single-pulse rocket motor.

This pretty much confirmed my suspicion that PL-15E does not feature dual-pulse rocket motor.

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drowingfish said:

was this the missile that the USAF referred to as the progenitor of the AAM missile gap? if it can be used by J-10 then i am guessing it can fit into J-20 as well.

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latenlazy said:

…the first picture of the J-20 weapons bay we ever saw included the PL-15.

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test1979 said:

wow, very rare clear news.
In Ordnance Technology’s interview with Wang Jiaying, the leader of the Missile Institute, he clearly answered that the self-use version PL-15 carried by the J-10 has a range of more than 200KM, and the foreign trade version of the PL-15E has a shorter range than the self-use version.
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test1979 said:

wow, very rare clear news.
In Ordnance Technology’s interview with Wang Jiaying, the leader of the Missile Institute, he clearly answered that the self-use version PL-15 carried by the J-10 has a range of more than 200KM, and the foreign trade version of the PL-15E has a shorter range than the self-use version.
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siegecrossbow said:

Looks like I was wrong about PL-15E not having dual-pulse. But I wouldn’t be surprise if the firing gap between the two pulses is effectively zero.

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LCR34 said:

So to speak, if customer is able to somehow tweak delay between pulses, you get extended range and NEZ. Basically you overclock your AAM for more performance.

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