PLA Anti-Air Missile (SAM) systems

AsuraGodFiend said:

Idk but I do know there is a longer missles also so it's can be both a new canister design for the 48 pack and it can be a 12 version
Casue look at these pics below this is the missles and clearly all them are diff although some pics are from fk2000 there is no reason the FK3000 can't carry these missles also that would be just be plain stupid View attachment 159196View attachment 159197View attachment 159198View attachment 159195

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See my edited/updated post.

I believe that the canisters we see on the FK-3000 at the parade (which is the same as the FK-3000 seen at Zhuhai 2024) uses FK-3000S as its quadpacked missile.

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"So, going back at the Zhuhai 2024 thread, we can see two things

First is the FK-3000 main vehicle, carrying the 12 canister setup per side.... note that their size actually corresponds pretty well to the quad packed system seen at the earlier FK-3000 version in 2022, and the 2024 version's missile canisters are geometrically not similar to other past FK-3000 missiles as far as I'm aware

2024 version:



2022 version:



Second, is the FK-3000 UGV in 2024, carrying canisters that look identical to the 2024 FK3000's canisters, note the location of the bolts and main canister structural rings, and signs like arrows and CoG markers.
We can also see it has a FK-3000S missile on it, which is the missile that it is fitted with in the canister... assuming the missile has folding fins (which is a reasonable guess given most missiles have folding fins these days), it would correspond to a quad packed FK-3000S canister.








Which is to say, I suspect the FK-3000 2024 missile canister (and which we see in PLA service) is just a revised quad pack of the FK-3000 2022 missile canister, and that the missile utilized in the quad pack is the FK-3000S small missile."

Blitzo said:

See my edited/updated post.

I believe that the canisters we see on the FK-3000 at the parade (which is the same as the FK-3000 seen at Zhuhai 2024) uses FK-3000S as its quadpacked missile.

Copy and pasted below for ease of reading:

"So, going back at the Zhuhai 2024 thread, we can see two things

First is the FK-3000 main vehicle, carrying the 12 canister setup per side.... note that their size actually corresponds pretty well to the quad packed system seen at the earlier FK-3000 version in 2022, and the 2024 version's missile canisters are geometrically not similar to other past FK-3000 missiles as far as I'm aware

2024 version:

2022 version:

Second, is the FK-3000 UGV in 2024, carrying canisters that look identical to the 2024 FK3000's canisters, note the location of the bolts and main canister structural rings, and signs like arrows and CoG markers.
We can also see it has a FK-3000S missile on it, which is the missile that it is fitted with in the canister... assuming the missile has folding fins (which is a reasonable guess given most missiles have folding fins these days), it would correspond to a quad packed FK-3000S canister.

Which is to say, I suspect the FK-3000 2024 missile canister (and which we see in PLA service) is just a revised quad pack of the FK-3000 2022 missile canister, and that the missile utilized in the quad pack is the FK-3000S small missile."

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AsuraGodFiend said:

Can it carry those long ones cause that's all I care about for warthunder

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It would depend on whether the PLA purchased the longer missile variant (FK-3000L I believe) for their own use.



Considering this system seems to be oriented to be optimized against small drones, it makes sense that pursuit of a larger magazine of shorter ranged missiles would be more useful than a smaller magazine of longer ranges missiles.


As for warthunder, let's not do that.
You originally raised a good point about the actual weapons that the system may use, and if it is considered clarified there's no need to diminish the conversation by bringing in a videogame for your personal interest.

The FK-3000 is much larger than it looks like. Compared with an adult, the 2022 version of quad-pack missile is far from being as short and small as the FK-3000S. FK-3000S should be dedicated to mini unmanned platforms.

Judging by the proportions, I believe the quad-pack missile is actually the FK-3000/L

bsdnf said:

Compared with an adult, the quad-pack missile is far from being as short and small as the FK-3000S. FK-3000S should be dedicated to mini unmanned platforms.

More likely, the quad-pack one is the FK-3000/L, and that long single-pack one is the FK-2000 (because its booster is big)
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Well if we look at the FK-3000S on the UGV with the new canisters, the missile itself is also quite a bit shorter than those canisters, so I wouldn't put it past them being FK-3000S.

Assuming the FK-3000 (2024) and FK-3000 UGV (2024) share the same canister based on the external markings I described, I suspect FK-3000S would be the primary quad pack missile.

Also, FK-3000 S and L would make sense from a nomenclature perspective to be the main missiles for the overall FK-3000 system.
Meanwhile, FK-2000 missile is the primary missile for the FK-2000 system.

Will it be effective against Shahed or Geran type drones?

To me, such drone class is exactly what fk3000 is optimized against. But to be truly effective, it needs cheap missiles with cheap guidance.