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Deino said:Hmmm ...
chuck4 said:Deino said:Hmmm ...
Looks like it has Kh-31 ancestery.
chuck4 said:Looks like it has Kh-31 ancestery.
Actually, it looks like an amalgam of both, in terms of configuration AND size. While it's much larger than the Kh-31 it also isn't quite as huge as the Kh-41, and while the location of the fins matches the latter, their planform is more like the former.sferrin said:Sunburn variant?
No, looks like the trailing edge area has been painted black on the real missile.Firefly 2 said:Deino, wouldn't you agree that on the pic you posted the forward fins look rather more sweeped than on the rendering above it?
Deino said:You are correct that in a the sequences before not only the YJ-83 but also the older 'Kraken' is seen during launch ... but the final hit is (at least said to be) the new YJ-18.
sferrin said:Not sure if the label is correct but that's how it was listed.
Deino said:sferrin said:Not sure if the label is correct but that's how it was listed.
So You think the YJ-18 might be a Chinese version of the CM-400AKG ??
Deino
SpudmanWP said:Was I seeing things or did it detonate AFTER passing through the ship?
Void said:
It is an air-launched conventional SRBM. The conventional Kh-15 or the mooted air-launched ATACMs would probably be the closest equivalents.
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sferrin said:Same fins as shown in Post #14
Void said:Unless those two images were taken at the same distance and focal length that isn't a terribly reliable way to estimate size...