Dropping precision munitions on towed and untowed targets at sea.
What was the launch platform?
Chinese air to ground weapons (missiles, PGMs, etc)
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What was the launch platform?
by78
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Unfortunately unknown.
Those look like LT-2s, so most likely would be a J-10 variant or JH-7/A.
J-16 is not implausible either.
In any case, those munitions themselves are relatively old hat. Those 500kg LGBs have been in PLA service going on a couple of decades now. Demonstrating them against maritime targets (if this is even the first use of it) is pretty normal. But it would of course be much more fruitful to introduce a 250kg class variant to allow a single hardpoint to carry 2-3 of them on a multi ejector rack.
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The munition shown in picture 3 seems different to the LT-2, it appears a fair bit smaller. The geometry is one which I'm not actually too familiar with.
It certainly looks like a direct attack weapon (i.e.: not powered, not a missile), but doesn't look like any of the FT, LS, LT or TG family, though admittedly the details aren't clear.
Yes I recall seeing J-10A launching them in 2014/2015. It stuck out in my mind since China rarely showcases live firing of LGB.
Thanks for the info; must have missed it!
Here is the video.
Didn’t know it was so hard setting up floating targets.
Didn’t know it was so hard setting up floating targets.
Are they using thermobaric munitions? That's a lot of fire and shockwave for a 250-500kg bomb.