Saying controversial stuff like “new threat to B-21” is to garnish views. It’s just propaganda again, there currently does not exist a missile especially suited for engaging stealth aircraft and a hypersonic missile will not have any viable IR based seeker system.
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I’ve recently noticed photos of a new PL-12 batch mounted on J15. Anyone has anything on this?
Can’t confirm but could this be PL12A?
The text on the side of the missile looks new but this does not look like a service missile. This seems to just be a display model of some sort. There is no clear distinction between PL-12 and PL-12A at this time.
What we know is that, so far, all in-service live ordnance will have a visible target detection device of some sort whether it be laser or RF based. This missile is smooth and does not have the large rectangular windows seen on live PL-12 ordnance.
yeah, It’s the antenna of the radar proximity fuse, and some are small round windows of the laser proximity fuse
I’ll try to find a higher resolution pic. I saw similar ones carried on other J15Ts as well, might have been training still, I’ll see.
Edit： these ones are models, I’ll have another look.
As far as I know, there is no visual difference between PL-12 and PL-12A
The only difference is that PL-12A is stated to have a range greater or equal to 120km, which is superior to PL-12, and also there might be some changes to the seeker.
I don’t think there is much difference, but likely they modified a few things, and as we have seen, most missiles for PLAAF seem to have gotten cleaner, so perhaps this as well.
The blue one is a training missile, isn’t it?
IDK
I have only seen blue Pl-15s carried any way, might well have been training rounds, but that said, I am just digging for these things. I am having a look.
Any all white or partially blue missiles are not useful as a reference because they maintain the same exterior layout and shape as the earlier models. We will need to wait for in-service munitions to be photographed which could take some time.
From what I know, the blue missiles are used in training.
Yeah, given 2015 PL-15 has never been seen live fired, and all of them are in fact blue or white as u said, so might have to wait, although the chance is really fading fast, PL12 is being phased out of service RN.
At 0:49, the J-20 fires what seems to be a BVR missile, only PL-15 should fit in the IWB of the J-20 because of the cropped fins.
We also have a photo of PL-10 being fired by the J-20.
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yes
I hope someone should make some of these but for American GBUs, because I cannot navigate through them!
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@不是很能抗压
You should update this chart. Add the new PL-11AE, PL-17 and I think there’s also a PL-12A.
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And the pl21
Aren’t the so-called PL-21 is PL-17?
It’s a shorter version designed to go into the j35’s missile bay.
Never heard, it’s missile bay is designed for PL-15.