PLAN Anti-ship/surface missiles

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ACuriousPLAFan

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by78 said:
An award announcement posted by the Beijing Institute of Technology mentions a certain XX-15 anti-ship missile. Does anyone know what it might be?

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Apparently the XX-15 is actually known as YJ-15.

Nothing else is known other than the model designation, though some are speculating that the YJ-15 is essentially the YJ-12 supersonic AShM being made to fit inside the UVLS.

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In the meantime, @万年炎帝 mentioned that there are actually many more platforms and weapon systems that are already in active service with the PLA but still haven't been made public for a long time (which isn't exactly surprising).
 
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totenchan

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Nothing else is known other than the model designation, though some are speculating that the YJ-15 is essentially the YJ-12 supersonic AShM being made to fit inside the UVLS.
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This could be true, but don't the HQ-9 and YJ-18 retain the same numbers whether or not they are the UVLS version?
 
Blitzo

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totenchan said:
This could be true, but don't the HQ-9 and YJ-18 retain the same numbers whether or not they are the UVLS version?
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The YJ-12 isn't going to fit into the UVLS merely as a "variant" in the way HQ-9 and YJ-18 are.


A supersonic AShM, even if it adapts the YJ-12 configuration, able to be fired from the UVLS, will be essentially a whole new missile (meaningfully smaller)
 
BoraTas

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Apparently the XX-15 is actually known as YJ-15.

Nothing else is known other than the model designation, though some are speculating that the YJ-15 is essentially the YJ-12 supersonic AShM being made to fit inside the UVLS.

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In the meantime, @万年炎帝 mentioned that there are actually many more platforms and weapon systems that are already in active service with the PLA but still haven't been made public for a long time (which isn't exactly surprising).
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The YJ-15 might be the VLS launched BM we saw on the 055. We still don't have a designation for that. The missile that was advertised for exports as the YJ-21 looks nothing like it. The YJ-21 is very likely the H-6 launched BM.

Tangentially, I hope that the PL-16 is the BVR missile which the J-20 can internally carry 6 of. A new WVR missile wouldn't make much sense. They are of small importance in modern air-to-air and the PL-10 is already on par with the global state of the art.
 
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