Chinese air to air missiles
- Thread starter tphuang
- Start date
Actually I take this back, regarding the 0 degrees thing.
For two reasons
First, is that typically 0 degrees refers to head on
Second, is after talking to some others, this might not represent a simple kinematic plot/graph.
PL-12 is the tiny circle in the middle? I wonder which version it is — earliest version has much smaller envelope than PL-12AE.
That's initially what I thought on the last page (post 928), but I have reason to believe it isn't the case.
As I wrote above, 0 degrees typically indicates "head on" in most aviation headings.
Additionally, this plot may not represent simple "engagement range" or kinematic engagement envelope alone.
Well, perhaps other more knowledgeable folks might read it differently, but to my simpler mind it does seem like 180 degrees head-on, 0 degrees tail chase (so perhaps i was wrong about firing to the rear theory). So ranges look something like around ~270-280km head-on, ~120-125km or so tail-on for PL-16, ~180-190/100 for PL-15 and ~55-60/25-30 for PL-12.
But again, others might have a different/better interpretation.
But again, others might have a different/better interpretation.
Hmm try thinking how the numbers could make sense if it is 0 degrees head on, and 180 degrees tail (rather than tail chase).
There is a potential reason to the madness.
This drawing is not accurate, illustration only.
