Chinese air to ground weapons (missiles, PGMs, etc)

ougoah

Brigadier
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Has anyone ever made a list of all the PGM's that China has developed? There are so many bombs and missiles that have been developed in China that I can't keep track on all of them.

Too many for anyone with a job (that's not intelligence or defence lol) to keep track of. But on a serious note wrt PGMs of the PLA, PGMs are kept rather secretive. No footage of PGMs in training/exercises except really old ones like KD-88 and the like. So there would be a list somewhere of just the export offerings from private companies and the state owned and operated ones and the few know PLA PGMs which are disclosed one way or another.
 

Andy1974

Senior Member
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@Blitzo There is indeed something under this standoff weapon. The belly is not flat, and there appears to be some openings in various form. They could be sensors (say TERCOM) or possibly air intakes (or both). But they could also be dispensers for submunitions. Let's hope someone with a long selfie stick could get close enough stick his/her camera under this thing. Then we would be able to know whether thing is powered or not.
I think the intake is on top, underneath the folded wings. If so, you should only be able to see it when the wings are deployed.
 

by78

General
YJ-21E.

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taxiya

Brigadier
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You mean "no motor(engine)"?
The naming AKF indicates it is a missile. A stands for missile, K stands for air (Kong in Chinese). Unless PLAN categories unpowered but guided glider as missile, there should be an engine. As the question of where the inlet is, I think some stealthy cruise missiles have their inlet buried in the fuselage in a recess.
Another indication of it being a cruise missile. One of the photos from the twitt from
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Texts in the circle, "加注/放泄口“, “filling/drainage outlet". Almost certain for fueling and draining of propellent. Together with the difference of centre of mass between empty and full load (fuel), it is a turbofan/turbojet cruise missile.

"A" is missile, "K" stands for air-launched, the only missing part is what does "F" stands for. In Pinyin, I can guess it being "Fushe"/Radiation. That would mean it is a anti-radiation missile. Could anyone come up with other possible word start with F?
 
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