SinoSoldier
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How do you know that?
PLAN Anti-ship/surface missiles
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How do you know that?
The rocket force vehicles have ZL prefixes for the parade, I believe.
The supersonic missile vehicles we've seen at rehearsals have ZL.
Jura The idiot
General
was about to ask what missile would that be:
it's from the tweet
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2 scènes intéressantes dans une nouvelle vidéo diffusée par la Force des fusées chinoise - 1) De 00:15 à 00:18, un nouveau type de missile non identifié 2) De 00:52, une salve de missiles balistiques Le premier pourrait être le missile de croisière supersonique, à confirmer.
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2 interesting scenes in a new video released by the Chinese Rocket Force - 1) From 00:15 to 00:18, a new type of unidentified missile 2) From 00:52, a salvo of ballistic missiles The first could be the supersonic cruise missile, to be confirmed.
[footage follows -- don't know how to link it here]
Chinese forum call it DF-100. Of course, it could be the invention of the poster.
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I believe it has to be DF if it is in service of Rocket Force, DF is exclusively used by RF and the only official name of RF.
IMO, CJ (long sword) is more like an overall program name, variants from the program will gain different PLA service names depending on the branches. DF for PLARF, YJ for PLAN. I am not sure about PLAAF, their variant is K/AKD20, KD being "air to ground" is not really a name like DF and YJ, but rather a function designation. The equivalent designation for DF would have been DD (ground to ground), for YJ it would have been H/AJJxx (ship to ship) or H/AKJxx (air to ship) by PLANAF if we follow GJB. I suspect that the reason of DF and YJ is used is that they are historically unique and therefor being exceptions in GJB.
There may be a slim chance that ZL is not exclusive to PLARF.
ZL is "Zhan Lüe" (Strategic) which includes PLAN's JL-x SLBM. It may get ZL on their trucks if PLAN decided to show it in the parade.
I think I have seen photos where PLAN marines and PLAGF share LZ "Lu Zhan" (land fighting).
Yankee has written a piece about the new large supersonic missile.
There are a few parts of interest:
This part he basically speaks of how older supersonic missiles had ranges that was below "four digits" (i.e.: below 1000km), and also about the need for this new supersonic missile to achieve "1000+km range". (technically 上千公里 could mean "thousands of kilometers" as well)
This part suggests to me strongly that he holds the opinion that the new missile has a 1000+km range. This is not crazy because this missile has been spoken of as a "long range supersonic" missile before, and the sheer size of the missile, missile canister, and TEL it is on, all points to a missile with likely long range.
He seems to suggest that the missile has onboard ECM equipment for the purposes of jamming, and it also has the ability to adjust for enemy ECM more effectively in a manner that previous missiles didn't (it sounds more complex than typical ECCM?). The installation of this equipment being the goal of increasing the probability of penetration of air defenses.
I believe my translation is roughly accurate but I'm open to corrections of course
There are a few parts of interest:
This part he basically speaks of how older supersonic missiles had ranges that was below "four digits" (i.e.: below 1000km), and also about the need for this new supersonic missile to achieve "1000+km range". (technically 上千公里 could mean "thousands of kilometers" as well)
This part suggests to me strongly that he holds the opinion that the new missile has a 1000+km range. This is not crazy because this missile has been spoken of as a "long range supersonic" missile before, and the sheer size of the missile, missile canister, and TEL it is on, all points to a missile with likely long range.
He seems to suggest that the missile has onboard ECM equipment for the purposes of jamming, and it also has the ability to adjust for enemy ECM more effectively in a manner that previous missiles didn't (it sounds more complex than typical ECCM?). The installation of this equipment being the goal of increasing the probability of penetration of air defenses.
I believe my translation is roughly accurate but I'm open to corrections of course
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Pretty sure he's saying that the new missile has the requirements of being able to approach MRBM range, with the intent of having MRBMs and this new missile jointly strike enemy targets and land or sea.
Also implying that these two different strike profiles are complementary.
makes sense, if this cruise missile sports onboard ECM capability, which ASBM's do not, it can provide that cover for the latter as they approach their target from different angles.