Chinese Missiles News & Discussions

[Akasa]

动能末端低层反导拦截系统，射高相当于美军爱国者3改进型反导导弹，2011年5月15日第一次试验成功，2013年12月25日获国家科技进步二等奖。

Is this in service?

 

[onebyone]

China Confirms Testing Multi-Warhead Missile

(AP)

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, 11 Feb 2017 10:24 AM
China's Defense Ministry has confirmed the test of a missile containing 10 warheads, but called it a "scientific" test that was not directed toward any other nations.

The ministry, responding to reports last month in The Washington
Free Beacon about the test of a Chinese DF-5C missile, said the flight test included 10 MIRVs, or multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, The Free Beacon reported on Saturday.

The officials made the confirmation through China's state-run Shenzhen television on Feb. 6, in a written statement repeated in several other news sources and the official Communist newspaper, The People's Daily.
The newspaper reported that the American media has been "hyping up" the Chinese "normal scientific tests," but that China employs a defensive, "no-first use" strategy on nuclear weapons.

While the United States "believes China's possession of DF-5C missiles poses some threat to its dominance," the Communist publication reported, Li Wei, a professor at the People's Liberation Army's National Defence University told Shenzhen TV the U.S. will likely stay as the dominant power, including with nuclear weapons.

However, reports The Free Beacon, China's ability to add up to 10 warheads to a missile is being seen as a major change to the country's nuclear arsenal by U.S. military officials, and comes as tensions mount between the two countries as President Donald Trump and his administration questions the nation's ties.

Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by telephone Thursday night, with the president saying the United States plans to continue its longstanding "one China policy," despite Trump in December accepting a phone call from Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen.

Tensions are also rising between Japan and China, but Trump said Friday, during a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that his phone call with Xi went well and he believes all will work out "very well for everybody."

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/China-Missile-warhead-missile/2017/02/11/id/773119/

 

[yusheng]

 

[Deino]

So I guess that I can safely assume that the missile in your attached picture is one of the operational products from the awarded CASIC's kinetic energy research.

Not sure where a standard YJ-91 ARM has a connection or relation to "the awarded CASIC's kinetic energy research" ??

 

[samsara]

Not sure where a standard YJ-91 ARM has a connection or relation to "the awarded CASIC's kinetic energy research" ??

Ha ha ha, so it's an unsafe guess (and be retracted) I just wildly guessed it, really have no idea about the many kinds of airborne missiles better let the experts do it

 

[cirr]

For non-Chinese readers:

The article basically says that a professor from Beijing Institute of Technology recieved state prize for science and tech advancement, second class, for he has developed a new material called damaging element or whatever tech term.

The material has several ways to enhance its damaging radius, it offer both superior explosive and impact damaging characters, and it is actually very stable, comparable to inert material.

The material is mean to be used to build warhead of missiles, it can enhance the missiles's kill radius by 100% with the same payload.

In the end of the article, the author mentioned that the Americans try to do similar things since 1990s, but they fail to develop a working one up to now.

And the authors mock that this is the usual pattern that the Americans are representable for dreaming and the Chinese are representable for making things happen.

Can't believe you omitted to translate the most eye-catching paragraph

“我们发明的新型爆炸材料毁伤元，既具有类似金属的力学强度，又含有与高能炸药相当的化学能，还具有与惰性材料类似的安全性，可以直接机械加工，只有高速命中目标后才会发生爆炸。”王海福说，以前的惰性金属毁伤元只能通过纯动能毁伤目标，而这种新型材料毁伤元具备动能穿孔和爆炸作用的双重毁伤能力，威力会成倍性提升。

PS Active Damage Element(or whatever the actual tech term maybe) is no longer a laboratory product. It has found wide applications in many weapon platforms after key technology breakthroughs were made with weaponization in 201X(X<5).

PSS The new type of explosive material should be ideal for making railgun projectiles.

 

[Gryphon]

Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co., Ltd (ALIT) is now offering 70 km range version of LY-80 MR-SAM to export customers, according to new information available on its website. The website also states that the "LY-80 SAM has been employed in PLA and many friendly countries in very large quantities as the primary medium range air defense weapon system."

Another addition to ALIT product list is the LY-80N Ship-borne Air Defense Missile Weapon System which has Interception Range of 40 km.

 

[truthseeker2010]

LY-80N for follow on F-22s? who knows

 

[YeBeWarned]

@TheOccupiedKashmir any news on LY-80N been Inducted in PN ??

 

[monitor]

Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co., Ltd (ALIT) is now marketing 70 km range version of LY-80 MR-SAM to export customers, according to new information available on its website. The website also states that the "LY-80 SAM has been employed in PLA and many friendly countries in very large quantities as the primary medium range air defense weapon system."

LY-80N Ship-borne Air Defense Missile Weapon System (range 40 km) is also offered by the company for export in its new product list.

Now it's confirm what Pakistan army just inducted have 70 KM range. No more confusion regarding it's capabilities.

 

[samsara]

https://twitter.com/x/status/840877188131909632

 

[samsara]

@OedoSoldier Mar 14, 2017

HQ-16A Surface-to-Air Missile

 

[samsara]

@OedoSoldier Mar 16, 2017

HQ-17 Surface-to-Air Missile

 

[cirr]

1st HQ-19（THAAD-ER）battalion reportedly combat ready.

新组建的某导弹营官兵来自空军26个团以上单位，构成复杂、思想多元，营连领导普遍谈心，全面了解个人诉求和困难，有的放矢抓好教育管理，圆满完成各项战备值班任务。

http://www.81.cn//kj/2017-03/20/content_7531571_2.htm

 

[HannibalBarca]

1st HQ-19（THAAD-ER）battalion reportedly combat ready.

新组建的某导弹营官兵来自空军26个团以上单位，构成复杂、思想多元，营连领导普遍谈心，全面了解个人诉求和困难，有的放矢抓好教育管理，圆满完成各项战备值班任务。

http://www.81.cn//kj/2017-03/20/content_7531571_2.htm

yep..but no actual footage of the beast no proof...