Will do when I return from work.
Also North Korea has several years of experience with long range cruise missiles.
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Also North Korea has several years of experience with long range cruise missiles.
Less. Su-25 from end to end(with pitot) is 15m. More like ~3.X m(seems close to KH-29 in size). Which is alright for an air breather. Chunky and chunky, it isn't intercontinental.
the tailfins on the bvraam most closely resemble that on the sm-2/gunslinger.
a tenuous argument, but considering the positioning of the body fins being further forward are more similar to sm-2 than pl-15, i wonder if this missile has actually more in common with american missiles than chinese.
a tenuous argument, but considering the positioning of the body fins being further forward are more similar to sm-2 than pl-15, i wonder if this missile has actually more in common with american missiles than chinese.
It is 15 meters and 36 centimeters for length of Su-25 with pitot and looking again at images, seems to be at most 4 meters.
Could be same 3.85 meter length as Kh-35 series and making airframe rectangular would provide 30% more volume than cylinder.
If it is guided by GNSS and or INS along target recognition relying on optical sensor, no need for bulky radar components in missile.
Thus space needed for the missile control system can be reduced, freed up volume could allow for heavier warhead or larger fuel tank.
If missile has same or comparable warhead to Kh-35 series then expanded and freed up volume can vastly extended potential range.
At bare minimum 500 with up to 1000 kilometers is possible with precise management of engine output to ration fuel consumption.
Also MiG-29 9-13 aka Fatback that North Korea has could also carry it and even heavier up to 1.1 ton for each inner wing pylon.
Great close-ups, interesting that both the PL-10NK and PL-15NK has a similar serial number (except PL-15NK has a 0 in front). Maybe it's meant to commemorate some special date? DPRK does think kind of stuff i think. The rear fins on PL-15NK look similar to those of the earlier PL-12NK, which in turn reminds me of those on the R-24 that DPRK has for the MiG-23ML.