Chinese Missiles News & Discussions

[Deino]

H-6G + YJ-12 launch

http://n.sinaimg.cn/mil/8_img/upload/641784af/w720h407/20180108/qSzD-fyqnici6170092.gif

https://twitter.com/x/status/950407100131405824

 

[Brainsucker]

@Deino, which is newer, H-6K or H-6G?

 

[Deino]

@Deino, which is newer, H-6K or H-6G?

The K-model.

 

[Signalian]

A Chinese military newspaper has published new photos showcasing its short- and medium-range missiles, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.

The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force recently tested DF-11 and DF-16 ballistic missiles, the Hong Kong newspaper said, citing the PLA Daily.

PLA DAILY
Chinese missile testing

When announcing the completion of the missile tests, the PLA Daily did not disclose where and when the tests took place, according to SCMP.

PLA DAILY

Chinese Missile Test

The DF-16, first unveiled to the public in 2015, can travel about 625 miles and has been reported to be as accurate as a cruise missile, Chinese military observers have said. The mobile-launched ballistic missiles could theoretically be launched from anywhere on China's mainland, one of China's missile shelters in the South China Sea, or even an aircraft carrier.

The DF-16, which can carry up to three nuclear warheads, puts the US Marine Corps Base on Okinawa within striking distance, as well as Japanese islands, Taiwan and the Philippines. Just last month, a minister with the Chinese Embassy to the US said the PLA would initiate Taiwan's reunification with mainland China through "military force" if the US follows through with plans to send an aircraft carrier to Taiwan to make a port call.

As China continues to develop its military technology, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on troops to fight with a tougher spirit and stand "always ready to fight."

"In the past, we had more spirit than steel. Now we have plenty of equipment, so we need an even tougher and stronger spirit to wield it," Xi told PLA soldiers last week.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201801091060627975-chinese-military-enhanced-missile-capability/

 

[beijingwalker]

By 2020, China Could Have Hypersonic Missiles to Sink U.S. Aircraft Carriers
The National Interest•January 13, 2018

By 2020, China Could Have Hypersonic Missiles to Sink U.S. Aircraft Carriers

In November, China tested what may become the world’s first operational hypersonic weapon. While Chinese progress in this area surprises no one, the first operational deployment of the weapon will add another weapon to China’s growing antiaccess toolkit, posing a dilemma for U.S. military planners in the Pacific.

The first test of the DF-17 ballistic missile took place on November 1, 2017, and the second test on November 15. A hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) detached from the missile during the reentry phase and flew approximately 1,400 kilometers to a target.


U.S. analysts don’t expect the vehicle to enter service until 2020, but by that point the PLARF may have significantly expanded the means through which it can deploy and deliver an HGV. Longer-range missiles would both expand China’s reach farther into the Pacific and make it more difficult for the United States to attack launch points, by enabling bases deep within the Chinese interior.

While hypersonic cruise missiles exist, the new Chinese HGV deploys from a ballistic missile, then glides to a target on a flight path much different (and much less predictable) than that of a traditional ballistic missile. The glide path is lower and slower than a normal ballistic-missile payload, although still generally higher and faster than a traditional cruise missile. The HGV may have maneuverable characteristics during its terminal phase, which would allow it to strike mobile targets such as aircraft carriers. In the initial launch phase, the HGV closely resembles a ballistic missile, which can complicate tense strategic situations in which the use of nuclear weapons may be in question.

Of course, the ability of modern missile-defense systems to defeat a volley of ballistic missiles launched in anger remains in deep question. In this sense, hypersonics are an answer to a problem that may not even exist. But when we consider the potential for hypersonic weapons to operate in concert with the rest of China’s A2/AD system, the true value becomes clear. Along with an array of high-accuracy ballistic missiles, cruise missiles deployed from air, sea, land and subsurface launchers, and submarines, China is developing a layered system intended to make it difficult for the United States to even conceive of undertaking high-intensity war.

It remains to be seen how widely China will deploy these weapons. We lack good data on the relative costs of producing and maintaining HGVs and their payloads. HGVs are just as dependent as traditional cruise missiles and ballistic missiles on good targeting data, meaning that they are not miracle weapons. The United States has nonkinetic (primarily electronic) ways of interfering with targeting and communication, complicating the task that HGVs are intended to fulfill.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2020-china-could-hypersonic-missiles-123700139.html

 

[Figaro]

By 2020, China Could Have Hypersonic Missiles to Sink U.S. Aircraft Carriers
The National Interest•January 13, 2018

By 2020, China Could Have Hypersonic Missiles to Sink U.S. Aircraft Carriers

In November, China tested what may become the world’s first operational hypersonic weapon. While Chinese progress in this area surprises no one, the first operational deployment of the weapon will add another weapon to China’s growing antiaccess toolkit, posing a dilemma for U.S. military planners in the Pacific.

The first test of the DF-17 ballistic missile took place on November 1, 2017, and the second test on November 15. A hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) detached from the missile during the reentry phase and flew approximately 1,400 kilometers to a target.


U.S. analysts don’t expect the vehicle to enter service until 2020, but by that point the PLARF may have significantly expanded the means through which it can deploy and deliver an HGV. Longer-range missiles would both expand China’s reach farther into the Pacific and make it more difficult for the United States to attack launch points, by enabling bases deep within the Chinese interior.

While hypersonic cruise missiles exist, the new Chinese HGV deploys from a ballistic missile, then glides to a target on a flight path much different (and much less predictable) than that of a traditional ballistic missile. The glide path is lower and slower than a normal ballistic-missile payload, although still generally higher and faster than a traditional cruise missile. The HGV may have maneuverable characteristics during its terminal phase, which would allow it to strike mobile targets such as aircraft carriers. In the initial launch phase, the HGV closely resembles a ballistic missile, which can complicate tense strategic situations in which the use of nuclear weapons may be in question.

Of course, the ability of modern missile-defense systems to defeat a volley of ballistic missiles launched in anger remains in deep question. In this sense, hypersonics are an answer to a problem that may not even exist. But when we consider the potential for hypersonic weapons to operate in concert with the rest of China’s A2/AD system, the true value becomes clear. Along with an array of high-accuracy ballistic missiles, cruise missiles deployed from air, sea, land and subsurface launchers, and submarines, China is developing a layered system intended to make it difficult for the United States to even conceive of undertaking high-intensity war.

It remains to be seen how widely China will deploy these weapons. We lack good data on the relative costs of producing and maintaining HGVs and their payloads. HGVs are just as dependent as traditional cruise missiles and ballistic missiles on good targeting data, meaning that they are not miracle weapons. The United States has nonkinetic (primarily electronic) ways of interfering with targeting and communication, complicating the task that HGVs are intended to fulfill.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2020-china-could-hypersonic-missiles-123700139.html

The National Interest is very unreliable ... and dedicate a thread to this type of article?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

The National Interest is very unreliable ... and dedicate a thread to this type of article?

These notorious China bashers love to sensationalize everything.

 

[52051]

They can do it now, so no news material.

 

[SingaporeGuy]

well most important thing is to close the tech & qualitative not quantitative gap with USA with each passing day, and to continue on assymetric weapons while building a command and control system that is as good, if not better than USA.

 

[Jlaw]

The National Interest is very unreliable ... and dedicate a thread to this type of article?

Forgive him. He's a dumb Chinese. He will post anything that has China or India in any news article

 

[Deino]

....

Me again, but since you do not reply on PMs is there a certain reason why you nearly always start a new thread for post that nicely fit in already existing topics???

Is it over-eagerness, stubbornness or - since you don't reply - a method to annoy??

You are a long-time and well-respected member and you that we have a thread for missises, we have a thread (esp. already created by yourself) for the PLA police, we have a thread for the Type 002 carrier and nevertheless you started several new ones! WHY?

Take this as a warning.

Deino

 

[yusheng]

for RF

 

[cirr]

TEL

 

[clarkgap]

http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjrb.com/kjrb/html/2018-01/15/content_386101.htm?div=-1

Just keep a file of valuable report.

 

[JSCh]

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