Subsonic land attack Kalibr is much shorter than supersonic antiship one is beyond a doubt, and should fit within a 7 meter deep VLS. YJ-18 appears to be a straight off rip of the Kalibr family, I would expect them to follow every step.
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Subsonic land attack Kalibr is much shorter than supersonic antiship one is beyond a doubt, and should fit within a 7 meter deep VLS. YJ-18 appears to be a straight off rip of the Kalibr family, I would expect them to follow every step.
Supposedly there are meant to be some differences between YJ-18 and the 3M54, but it is certainly heavily influenced without a doubt.
In particular I'm interested in whether we could ever get some exact dimensions for YJ-18 (length) as well as some details about its booster; the 3M54 family have potato masher fins on the booster, I have yet to see clear pictures of YJ-18's.
As for the length of the land attack variant, yes I think there is a good chances that YJ-18's land attack variant may be capable of fitting in the 7m deep UVLS, following similar precedent and pattern in the 3M54 family.
My post on the previous page included a table with dimensions for the 3M54 family missiles, which will probably prove instructive for the YJ-18 family as well.
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/plan-anti-ship-surface-missiles.t6345/page-74#post-567508
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YJ-18 again from rehearsal.
(2048 × 1365)
A post implied that "Yankeesama" predicted the appearance of a land-attack YJ-18. I wonder if that will turn out true.
Those photos are stills from this video (trigger warning: mute the video)
I don't know why they bothered with the missile when any enemy can be annihilated with that shitty excuse for video editing and "music" alone.
We shall defeat the enemy with cringe.
I imagine it should have a DF designation because in the parade it seems like it will be part of the rocket force.
One of the designations thrown around for it has been DF-20.