I will say something else, the J-20 looks very good with the short, serrated nozzles. I underestimated how much the previous long nozzles were ruining its looks. The hit to rear RCS is forgivable, the hit to aesthetics isn't.
MA MA MIA, and this is the export version! I wonder what the range for the actual HQ-9B in service with the PLAAF is. No wonder some US DoD sources state that the HQ-9B (in service with the PLA) has a range of nearly 300km. Combined with AESA radar, that is an extremely powerful system (surpassed only by S-400's 40N6 and even out-stick the SM-6).
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does anyone know what it is
Why would you assume they didn't? Do the Chinese not have the habit of dumbing down export versions?Assuming that they didn’t nerf the export version the range is a bit disappointing.
Crowd control microwave weapon.