Well if you believe the chinese source on the development of the JL-10A radar, there is indeed CW illuminator on the radar (at least at the development stage), but since PL-11 already have a short serivce life (quickly replaced by PL-12) and Chinese doctrine of not letting JH-7A running around with medium range missiles, we will probably never get photo evidence of this particular configuration
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Do we even know the width of the pylon used in this photo (aka the GB series compatible pylon)? I’m having trouble determining whether or not this photo shows both GB-100’s being mounted or if it shows just the one. If it is both, that is quite different than the way US does double mounts. If we have the width of the pylon and chubby diameter of the GB-100, we could actually check whether 2 GB-100’s would fit or not. To me it does look like the bomb is offset but I would like something a bit stronger than 1 photo and how it appears to me if I’m gonna make a bug report (suggestion).
GB-100 diameter is 228mm.
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Does anyone have information on the stat card of the JL-10A radar? I wonder whether it will have TWS and ground targeting mode.
It should have TWS as it’s capable of firing PL-12.
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smin1080p confirmed in the Chinese missile thread that PL-5C is all aspect
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Addition of Ground targeting mode depends on gaijin’s will.
i thought it was rear aspect irl?
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No, pretty much every respectable source agrees PL-5C is just an all aspect PL-5B.
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Basically an AIM-9L then
The PL-5B has a smaller FoV, may be superior to the AIM-9L but inferior to the AIM-9M. We’ll have to wait and see. My guess is it will be a copy / paste AIM-9L seeker though.
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In case anybody was wondering about the GB-100 and possibility to mount 2 on a single pylon: it’s not possible. There has been demonstrations on a test plane of a dual rack with GB-50’s, but nothing shown/used on the JH-7A.
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Now that the mystery of PL-5C seems to be settled, anyone want to take a bet what is this mysterious LS1000J bomb? IIRC the old LT series bomb conversion kit (LT-2) is only for 500kg bombs (LS500J). There are a few Western sources that claim it can fit on a 1000kg bomb but it seems there are no photos of it?
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Funny enough @gultraman I think the image right above your post showed it off but I can’t be certain. Can anyone confirm that the big bomb in the picture is infact the 1000kg Chinese laser guided bomb? If so it looks very modern and hopefully should have decent glide characteristics
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I would definitely be happy with a Aim-9L preforming seeker on the body of a PL-5 tbh
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it is the YJ1000 guided bomb
https://forum.warthunder.com/t/jh7a-can-use-gb-series-guided-bombs-pl12-and-the-kh29t-discuss-which-mounts-jh7a-should-have/39768/3
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We don’t know if it’s this bomb or the GB-1000 bomb. The mass of these bombs is confusing as well, it seems like they are going by explosive mass rather than total mass for the designations, like the GB-100 weighs in at 130 kg.
Either way, whichever of the 2 bombs is used both use the new dual mode guidance system and are quite modern. The YJ-1000 should be the most modern judging from when the first photos I’ve seen of it are (~2020 vs ~2014 for the GB series of bombs). I would expect amazing performance from either.
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Two images above are of the LD-10 anti-radiation missile based on the PL-12/SD-10
Spoiler
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I assume the dual guidencen system is both laser and internal guidance system like on the PavWay 24.
Also yeah now I’m really curious what the LS1000J looks like. Hopefully it actually has a more sleek and improved design over the LS500
Hi good to see you here. I have a question about a closed issue:
The JH7A should have a new generation of laser-guided bombs // Gaijin.net // Issues
The mod who closed the issue seem to think GB series bomb is just the export variant of LS500J in game, which is wrong. Can you clarify this statement? A lot of Chinese players seem to be confused by this claim.
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Dual mode is described as Laser designation and inertial guidance/satellite guidance. The bombs can grab a lasered spot and then match with satellite imagery with what it sees and guide based off that. At least that’s what they say it does.
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