Quick question. Does the PLAAF have any anti-radiation missiles (or ASMs with knowne anti-radiation capabilities) beside YJ-91 and YI-12?
Chinese air to ground weapons (missiles, PGMs, etc)
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AKF-88C/TL-30A
TL-30 and AKF-88C have similar configurations, but they are very different missiles.
TL-30 has weight of only 270kg, much lower (and also dimensionally smaller) than AKF-88C.
It would be more accurate to say AKF-88C and TL-30, as they are separate missiles -- though we should note that TL-30 is not in PLA service to our knowledge.
More broadly, the KD-88 family itself has been known to have an anti-radiation variant.
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Wait am I missing something? I was under the impression that AKF-88C is a general purpose air-to-ground missile not a dedicated anti-radiation one
It's not a dedicated anti-radiation missile, but the existing legacy KD-88 variant to my knowledge has an anti-radiation variant, and AKF-88C as a variant of KD-88 *likely* has an anti-radiation variant as well.
Interesting info, thanks! Although I have my doubts on the effectiveness of subsonic anti-radiation missiles (I assume that ARM would need to be fast in order to hit the radar before it has a chance to stop emitting and evacuate its position)
I don't remember seeing any anti radiation variant of YJ-12 missile though . Here are few anti-radiation missiles other than those included above .
LD-10 missile
CM-102 missile
Pretty sure it is easy for the PLA to develop an ARM based on PL-15’s layout, similar to HARM and AIM-120. But so far we do not see that.
but is any of these two actually in PLAAF service?
Not that I know but back in 2016 Zhuhai air show a CM-102 missile was displayed in front of a J-10B fighter.
