China DF-17 hypersonic boost-glide missile carrier

[SOC]

That's weird, that image of 615 Brigade's base (Meizhou) isn't showing in Google Earth for me.

Edit - nevermind, I figured out the problem. Apparently if you leave the program logged in and running for days at a time it doesn't always catch up to the updates.

 

[TomcatViP]

You have to wonder how those things are programmed.

 

[TwoTribes]

 

[SUPER=BUG]

It seems they are right; the DF17 has two configurations: one is a wave-riding body configuration, and the other is a twin-cone configuration.

 

[NMaude]

and the other is a twin-cone configuration.

A biconic configuration.

 

[SUPER=BUG]

A biconic configuration.

Yes, you are right.

 

[Josh_TN]

I have not seen a biconic glider for that system and it seems unlikely that two separate efforts made it to production.

 

[vanishingelephant]

I have not seen a biconic glider for that system and it seems unlikely that two separate efforts made it to production.

I wouldn't call it a DF-17 (until the exact designation is revealed), but its not a DF-16 in a DF-17 launcher either. Potentially a cheaper missile with a larger explosive mass for the same launcher. (ss by kalec in an another forum)
Edit; it was always assumed/known? the DF-17 launcher can launch weapons other than the gliding DF-ZF, but this is the first time we've seen it carry something else afaik.

 

[TwoTribes]

New image.

 

[TwoTribes]

High-res DF-17 images.

 

[TwoTribes]

Two types of warheads.

 

[Avimimus]

Or that publication used an AI model to upscale and change that image... and it introduced a few random modifications in the process.

 

[Deino]

Or that publication used an AI model to upscale and change that image... and it introduced a few random modifications in the process.

Very likely AI

 

[TwoTribes]

DF-17

 

[Forest Green]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDaWfQG5lj8