PLA Anti-Air Missile (SAM) systems

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doggydogdo

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Gloire_bb said:
PLAAF did, though? Having two almost the same missiles is arguably not the best of plans either.
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Are you talking about PL-15 and PL-16? That's different because the weapons bays of J-20s can't be changed unlike the size of UVLS. If UVLS could only fit 2 HHQ-9C then the best choice is to replace it with a more specialized VLS around 45cm x 45cm which wouldn't waste any space and allow the Ships to pack ~100% more SAMs, using different types of VLS cells is quite common and wouldn't be hard for PLAN to implement.
 
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qwerty3173

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doggydogdo said:
Are you talking about PL-15 and PL-16? That's different because the weapons bays of J-20s can't be changed unlike the size of UVLS. If UVLS could only fit 2 HHQ-9C then the best choice is to replace it with a more specialized VLS around 45cm x 45cm which wouldn't waste any space and allow the Ships to pack ~100% more SAMs, using different types of VLS cells is quite common and wouldn't be hard for PLAN to implement.
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No, the ideal UVLS will be even larger to accomadate quad packing advanced SAM and ABM while also being able to hold next-generational hypersonic weapons.
 
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Gloire_bb

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doggydogdo said:
Are you talking about PL-15 and PL-16? That's different because the weapons bays of J-20s can't be changed unlike the size of UVLS. If UVLS could only fit 2 HHQ-9C then the best choice is to replace it with a more specialized VLS around 45cm x 45cm which wouldn't waste any space and allow the Ships to pack ~100% more SAMs, using different types of VLS cells is quite common and wouldn't be hard for PLAN to implement.
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Nono, I meant, HQ-9s(and GBAD overall) are also a PLAAF asset/mission.
The idea is that while it is certainly not impossible to have two close missiles - general practice is that having overall more missiles in storage(even if fewer per ship) is more important than having more missiles deployed in cells(but fewer overall).
 
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