Chinese cruise and anti-ship missiles

by78 said:

Spotted around Beijing.

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What is the characteristic for CJ-20A?

We only saw CJ-10 in the last parade I think. So, what was upgraded on this one?

Side views of YJ-15 and YJ-18C:



I have a question about YJ-18C. I can't find any slots in the body of the missile from which the wings deploy. Any suggestions?

supercat said:

Side views of YJ-15 and YJ-18C:


I have a question about YJ-18C. I can't find any slots in the body of the missile from which the wings deploy. Any suggestions?

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Perhaps they didn't bother with adding them to mockups?

FriedRiceNSpice said:

Perhaps they didn't bother with adding them to mockups?

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Applying the principle of Occam's razor, this seems to be the answer. In previous parades, they didn't bother to include the slots in the bodies of YJ-18 either. Notice that in the real world, to reduce RCS, there are "doors" covering the slots, as the images of 3M54 Kalibr demonstrate below. Another interesting observation is that the wings pop out in different directions from different versions of the missiles.