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Chinese TV unveils homegrown sensor-fuzed weapon
Ted Parsons Correspondent - Washington, DC
A Chinese TV profile broadcast on 29 May has highlighted Beijing's development of a sensor-fuzed munition (SFM) similar to the US Army's M898 155 mm Sense and Destroy ARMor (SADARM) autonomously guided anti-armour submunition.
China has long been suspected of developing an SFM, based on recent weapon marketing material and scrutiny of US and Russian SFMs at arms shows in the 1990s. The TV profile of Yang Shaoqing, the SFM's chief designer, confirmed its existence and provided rare public exposure for a major Chinese weapon system.
China is the fifth country to develop this class of weapon after Germany, Russia, Sweden and the US.
Yang, who studied engineering at Texas A&M University in the early 1980s, led China's SFM development in the 7th Five Year Plan (1985-1989). The broadcast indicated that the SFM's development was completed by 2005 and it is now in production.
The footage suggests that the SFM uses a microwave radar and/or infrared sensor to find its targets while falling suspended from a small parachute. It then fires an explosively formed projectile, most likely made of copper. The China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast also showed the SFM penetrating the hull and engine compartment of a T-62 light tank.
The SFM has been developed for carriage by 300 mm artillery rockets and by 155 mm artillery shells, but there are yet no indications of aircraft-carried munition dispensers that would be similar to the US Air Force's BLU-108/B.
Chinese TV unveils homegrown sensor-fuzed weapon
Ted Parsons Correspondent - Washington, DC
A Chinese TV profile broadcast on 29 May has highlighted Beijing's development of a sensor-fuzed munition (SFM) similar to the US Army's M898 155 mm Sense and Destroy ARMor (SADARM) autonomously guided anti-armour submunition.
China has long been suspected of developing an SFM, based on recent weapon marketing material and scrutiny of US and Russian SFMs at arms shows in the 1990s. The TV profile of Yang Shaoqing, the SFM's chief designer, confirmed its existence and provided rare public exposure for a major Chinese weapon system.
China is the fifth country to develop this class of weapon after Germany, Russia, Sweden and the US.
Yang, who studied engineering at Texas A&M University in the early 1980s, led China's SFM development in the 7th Five Year Plan (1985-1989). The broadcast indicated that the SFM's development was completed by 2005 and it is now in production.
The footage suggests that the SFM uses a microwave radar and/or infrared sensor to find its targets while falling suspended from a small parachute. It then fires an explosively formed projectile, most likely made of copper. The China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast also showed the SFM penetrating the hull and engine compartment of a T-62 light tank.
The SFM has been developed for carriage by 300 mm artillery rockets and by 155 mm artillery shells, but there are yet no indications of aircraft-carried munition dispensers that would be similar to the US Air Force's BLU-108/B.