It can be used as an optical window for the IR seeker head of a missile, but not necessarily a hypersonic missile.
Chinese cruise and anti-ship missiles
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ZnS isn't all that heat resistant though, I believe high temperature vehicles use diamond viewports which are also broadband IR transparent.
doesn't he know the video is a combination of clips? According to my memory, the clip of the missile hitting the building came from the advertising video of the last Zhuhai Air Show. The other two come from different reports from different date.
That is your typical Indian OSINT twats
Interesting, has a very supersonic flat shape and looks pretty stealthy.Does anyone recognize this missile? Looks like an air-launched stand-off cruise missile with folded wings.
So China is finally developing something similar to JASSM (long-range air-launched cruise missiles light enough to be carried by fighters).Does anyone recognize this missile? Looks like an air-launched stand-off cruise missile with folded wings.
People, including blitzo have basically predicted that China would most likely field a JASSM like weapon at some point in the future.
Even if they might not be used against the US, might still be useful for other conflicts or to just sell.
Not to mention, we don't even know the specs of that one (in the pics), might not be subsonic for example.
Or even if subsonic, they might be able to reduce its price to be a magnitude of 10 times lower than JASSM, at which point, things can get interesting.