Look at the picture first.
This is one of the six "Cross sea Killers" released by the Eastern Theater yesterday, namely the "Bomb Truck" J-16.
Careful netizens found the problem. This J-16 was attached with three different types of missiles.
In terms of appearance, these three missiles are: PL-8 short-range air-to-air missile, PL-17 long-range air-to-air missile, and Yingjia-91 anti radiation/anti-ship missile.
Two PL-8, four PL-17 and two Yingjia-91 were hung.
Of course, the most striking thing is that these four super large PL-17 long-range air-to-air missiles have a smaller diameter than Yingjia-91, but their bullet lengths are similar to or even longer than Yingjia-91.
In fact, this is not the first time PL-17 has been exposed.
This is a picture widely circulated on the Internet of the J-16 carrying the PL-17, which is also the first exposure of the PL-17.
This is a photo of the J-16 released by the Chinese military website last year. One PL-17 training bomb was attached to two J-16s in formation flight. In terms of appearance, the size of PL-17 is much larger than that of PL-15. The foreign trade version of PL-15 was once displayed at Zhuhai Air Show, and its size: 203mm bullet diameter was clearly indicated on the display board. As for the length, it is about 4 meters. This shows the size of PL-17.
The range of the PL-15 is 145 km in the foreign trade version and about 200 km in the self use version.
So, how far is the range of the PL-17?
According to the analysis of the article on the US "Theater" website, the PL-17 has a range of more than 186 miles, about 300 kilometers. It is equivalent to exceeding the range of the AIM-260 being developed in the United States.
The maximum range of the AIM-120D currently in service in the United States is about 180 kilometers. In order to deal with the Chinese PL-15 missile, the United States has begun to accelerate the development of a new generation of AIM-260 long-range air-to-air missile (the size is about the same as the AIM-120D, and the maximum range is about 260 kilometers). However, unexpectedly, our PL-17 is farther than its AIM-260 range.
Look at Russia's long-range air-to-air missile R-37M, which is about 4.2 meters long, 0.38 meters in diameter, and has a maximum range of 400 kilometers. From the volume comparison, China's PL-17 missile is close to the R-37M in the missile path, but longer in length.
If the R-37M has a range of 400 kilometers, then our PL-17 will be at least 500 kilometers.
What's the target for such a long range? Is Taiwan's E-2K early warning aircraft?
The J-16 attacks with 4 PL-17s at a time, which is powerful!
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