Certainly not the case, apart from the fact that the YJ-18C is actually bigger than the Sea Breaker (~4-meter length x ~0.35-meter diameter) by not a small margin.
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Certainly not the case, apart from the fact that the YJ-18C is actually bigger than the Sea Breaker (~4-meter length x ~0.35-meter diameter) by not a small margin.
6m? That's 50% longer than JASSM, and quite possibly as much heavier, but this we just don't know. The only relatively comparable modern missile(in length, not performance)under tactical aircraft is venerable kh-59m series.
Overall, yj-18c is a land attack caliber equivalent(who would have expected in 18th family), i.e. tomahawk class. Tomahawk can be air launched.
Can flanker do something like this? Potentially yes, size shouldn't be a problem. Weight can be, but in principle it should just barely fit.
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Yes, its Tomahawk length wise. JASSM-ER capability wise. Ie stealthy, long range, terminal IR or optical guidance, likely a heavyweight warhead. FWIW, Tomahawk and JASSM arent that far apart in mass, just in length. The carrier platform would be the biggest question mark.
The comparisons with JASSM and JASSM-ER aren't apt. China already has a air-launched stealthy cruise missile i.e AKF-98A that is very comparable to JASSM-ER
Could a Flanker theoretically carry YJ-18C? maybe. But the YJ-18 series has never been Air-launched so far. So In my opinion YJ-18C is just replacing the land-attack subsonic variant of YJ-18 (mentioned as YJ-18B) for submarines and UVLS.
Leaving aside aptness (just because another design exists, this does not negate the observed qualities of the design in question), I've never seen an authoritative breakdown of the versions, and a reference that the YJ-18B is a land attack configuration for both surface hulls and submarine. What is this information based on? My understanding was the YJ-18A is the UVLS-variant, and the YJ-18B the submarine launched version, but both are (primarily) anti-ship capabilities.
Not aerial targets. "Node targets of air systems." Meaning airbases.
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