Chinese Missiles News & Discussions

[ChineseTiger1986]

DF-21 missile launch vehicle :

That's the launch vehicle for DF-31.

And this is the launch vehicle for DF-21D.

 

[mil-avia]

DF-21 missile launch vehicle :

That's the earlier model DF-21/21A towed TEL (transporter erector launcher) :

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Some photos in the last link also show the earlier model TEL

 

[mil-avia]

FL-2000 missile photo and description :

Photo in another thread :

 

[mil-avia]

Same image posted again for it does not show up in previous post # 28 properly : Second Artillery Corps insignia :

800 x 1067

 

[mil-avia]

LY-60 missile and its launcher : land-based variant :

 

[mil-avia]

Map showing ranges of eight different types Dong Feng missiles : 950 x 601 :

 

[mil-avia]

DF-31 missile photo :

 

[mil-avia]

Anti-satellite missile program : 800 x 633 :

 

[mil-avia]

KT-2 ASAT/ surface-to-air missile :

 

[mil-avia]

Map showing missile bases with ranges and air force bases in north-eastern China :

 

[Obambam]

DF-31 missile photo :

It would be great if we can miniaturise it like that and fire it out of a pistol

 

[mil-avia]

America presses Turkey to renounce buying Chinese or Russian air and missile defense systems

 

[Obambam]

A showcase of some of Chinese ground/vehicle launched missiles.

 

[Broccoli]

What missile in PLAAF inventory (something what J-10 can use) is closest to pakistani Ra'ad? Most similar missiles (sizewise) what PLAAF uses are anti-ship oriented and not really meant to attack land targets.

 

[cloneman]

What missile in PLAAF inventory (something what J-10 can use) is closest to pakistani Ra'ad? Most similar missiles (sizewise) what PLAAF uses are anti-ship oriented and not really meant to attack land targets.

KongDi-88 (C-802KD) Air-Launched Land-Attack Cruise Missile

The KongDi-88 (KD-88) air-launched land-attack cruise missile (LACM) was developed from the YJ-83 (C-802) anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) first introduced in the late 1980s. The weapon was first unveiled during the 2006 Zhuhai Air Show under its export designation C-802KD. The deployment of the missile by the PLAAF has been confirmed by TV footages of Chinese state television in November 2006. The introduction of this the stand-off precision strike weapon provides the PLA with greater flexibility in targeting key command, communications, or political nodes during a conflict.

The KD-88 is similar in concept to the U.S. Stand-off Land Attack Missile (SLAM), which was originally developed as an anti-ship missile but later adopted for use on aircraft to attack high-value land targets. Powered by a small turbojet engine, the missile can deliver a 165kg conventional HE warhead at subsonic speed (Mach 0.9) over a distance of 180~200km. The missile may use an inertial navigation system (INS), with datalink command for mid-course correction and an active radar homing for terminal guidance. A targeting pod carried by the aircraft provides initial target information.

The missile is claimed to be capable of engaging ships in harbour or fixed land targets. Given that the missile is fitted with a radar seeker only, land targets would need to provide a high radar contrast. The missile can be launched from the JH-7A fighter-bomber and H-6 medium bomber. More capable guidance methods such as GPS and TV-homing may be adopted In the future to achieve higher accuracy. Other variants using the GPS or passive radar radiation guidance methods may have also been developed.

KongDi-88 (C-802KD) Air-Launched Land-Attack Cruise Missile - SinoDefence.com
PLA Cruise Missiles / PLA Air - Surface Missiles