PLAAF uses KD88 for precision strike mission, it's not stealthy though.
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PLAAF uses KD88 for precision strike mission, it's not stealthy though.
If you are looking for official confirmation, forget it. This is state secret.
As far as concern, WS-10A is safe and reliable enough to mass equip the whole PLAAF and PLAN forces in near future.
Even the latest J-16 also uses WS-10A. As far as we know, all new J-11B/J-15/J-11BS/J-10B prototype airframe use WS-10A domestic engine. If this still does not prove its worthy, then I dont know what to add in....
plawolf
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Just forget it, the majority of the kind of people who insist on asking for 'official evidence' before they accept something are only asking because they know no such evidence will be forthcoming anytime soon, if ever, and they are only asking to score cheap points to bash China as opposed to them actually wanting to know. With such people, even if you do produce the evidence they want, they will just say the Chinese are lying about the figures and refuse to believe them anyways.
It is pointless trying to convince everyone on the internet. Just learn who are actually worth responding to and who are the trolls to put on your ignore lists.
kwaigonegin
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! there's that Top Gun theme song again on that video...
AssassinsMace
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Sorry not sure where to put this but something new for the J-10 or FC-1. Not sure if this a dummy round but looks like a new AShM. Like Phoenix fins.
plawolf
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Well blue means it's a dummy, most likely for aerodynamic and clearance testing.
I'm not convinced that this is a new missile. Apart from the fins, it looks like a standard C802 round, but the fins look too thick to be real in that image. It could be a cover, but there would be no need since the fins are detachable and thus would not need protective covers for transport.
Looking at the thickness and length of the fins, I would think that the most likely explanation is that this is a C802 round with folding fins as they would have for surface launchers and that the fins are in their folded position, thus making it look different.
All previous shots we have had of C802s on JH7s and JF17s had the standard air force non-folding fins version, but there is no reason why they could not use a folding finned one. Folding fins would be particularly useful for centre-line carriage, where ground clearance is much smaller than for underwing hardpoints.
Clearing the centre-line hardpoint for C802 carriage would be of great benefit as it would allow for either more AShMs to be carried, or for the plane to carry the missile more efficiently on the centre-line instead of having an imbalanced load with just one missile under a wing.
I'm not convinced that this is a new missile. Apart from the fins, it looks like a standard C802 round, but the fins look too thick to be real in that image. It could be a cover, but there would be no need since the fins are detachable and thus would not need protective covers for transport.
Looking at the thickness and length of the fins, I would think that the most likely explanation is that this is a C802 round with folding fins as they would have for surface launchers and that the fins are in their folded position, thus making it look different.
All previous shots we have had of C802s on JH7s and JF17s had the standard air force non-folding fins version, but there is no reason why they could not use a folding finned one. Folding fins would be particularly useful for centre-line carriage, where ground clearance is much smaller than for underwing hardpoints.
Clearing the centre-line hardpoint for C802 carriage would be of great benefit as it would allow for either more AShMs to be carried, or for the plane to carry the missile more efficiently on the centre-line instead of having an imbalanced load with just one missile under a wing.
AssassinsMace
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