Chinese Air-To-Air missiles, History, Performance & Discussion

PL-15G incoming

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J16 got new cockpit coatings, dunno if PL12 got buffed

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nothing change

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So what can Chinese missiles expect?

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probably PL8B buff

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So I was looking into the AIM-9X Block 1 and found out it is a LOBL missile with no LOAL or datalink capability. I looked into the PL-10 and it seems to find a similar fate.

Apparently the PL-10 has no datalink as well as no LOAL/IOG capability? The PL-10’s display info makes no mention of datalink or LOAL/INS capability like the display infos for PL-15E and PL-12/PL-12AE. It also would help explain why the PL-10 is stated to have a max range of 20km.

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PL-10 (or atleast whatever version is on their stealth fighters) definitely has atleast IOG as the missile physically cannot look at targets in front of the plane

PL-2 should get buffed

Maybe bad angle but it can still see ahead no?

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those are externally mounted, not in the weapon bay

they arent

you can see that they came out of the weapons bay

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As Ron said, they get pulled out of the of the stealth bay when it’s time for the J-20 to use them.

This little door right here:
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What? This what you’re showing is as you can clearly see externally mounted to the fuselage, is not the weapon bay

edit: unless this is something redesigned because you can clearly see its differently mounted

it has its own bay that works like this
side bay door doesnt stay open
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You can see the white attechements to the fuselage in one picture and clearly stand off in the picture i shared.

no it isnt it is exactly the same, with the only difference in your picture being that the door didnt close yet

Looks like hinges to me

Or J-20 intentionally leaving it open, showing off (considering also the opened belly missile bay)

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Those are not the same you can very easily see, so its either mounted like that or the design has changed