Z-19 armed recon helicopter

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para80

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Indeed. Each strake appears to be composed of two sections in tandem. The forward section is basically a small fin, and the rear section is much longer in length. I wonder if the rear section is foldable... If it is, this missile might be the same as the previously seen missile tentatively designated
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by Huitong. The image below captures a KD-X right after launch and probably just before the rear sections began to unfold.
Worth noting perhaps Huitong on his page makes a distinction between both, naming the new unknown missile KD-Y.
 

zhangjim

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Sometimes a lot of interesting information takes a long time to be made public.
WZ602-2 scheme(model),you can see it as the initial idea of the Z-19, but in the end, the PLA chose the relatively simple Z-9W.
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The information comes from an article published in 2018.
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Quite uninteresting official article, the only thing of value is this rare photo.
 

by78

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Lots and lots of Z-19s and Z-10s (further in the back).

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drowingfish

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some of those helicopters have the missiles on the outside, rocket pods inside, others are vice-versa, any reason why?
 
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