And what’s the PL-9 like? Is it just a Chineseified AIM-9L or 9M?
Pl-9 its hybrid pl-5 and pl-7 with homing head of pl-8B
What’s it like stats wise? 9L or 9M?
I think overload better than pl-8. 45G maybe (PL-9C)
I don’t know about gunpowder, it’s probably smokeless, although I could be wrong.
This seems like an interesting thread
I think it will keep people on their toes, if they for example approach a J-11B that is locking them they may not know whether it is a PL-12 or PL-8B. Considering the advanced IRCCM they may find it impossible to dodge if they do not guess right.
would pl8b be counterpart for early 9x? as early 9x just got way more G and better IRCCM iirc, not much range enhancement
No, the 9X is IIR and the PL-8B is multi-element, it would be a counterpart to the Python 4
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I don’t. I think it will be left to fight other 5th gens.
what about an early f22 with only 9m, no HMD, and 120C, with later eft and rafale then a late version with 9x, 120D, and 260 for other 5th gen?
would be pretty fair imo
PL-7 is just 1:1 Magic 1, but I’ve heard that allegedly China had Magic 2’s after a certain year, but take that with a grain of salt.
Small pinch
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It can carry 4 beatles album covers?
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I have never heard about China having Magic 2, but if so it would have probably been used to develop chinese irrcm.
It drops 1/4 of the album at a time…
What was that one chinese walmart brand mig21 that was intended to fly in swarms in the early 60s?
Unless any Sekret Dokuments say otherwise they didn’t. The IRCCM is indigenous and pretty unique, the 4 element seekers come in plenty of varieties and allegedly can also be used in more efficient and less expensive seekers that do not require magnesium fluoride glass.
Miniscule even
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Hard disagree. At that point you should just delete nations in general anj just make 1 mega tree.