Chinese R-77s finally comes out of the closet

After years of “semi-hiding” it, finally, an indisputable photo that shows they have it. This one is better than the pic of the R-77 hanging under the engine intake of what may be an SU-30MKK or SU-27.

This is the first time PLAAF showed the SU-30MKK with its wares, not some Russian-Sukhoi publicity pic. The R-77s are so close you can almost kiss them. Further down the line you will see a Kh-29T. Much farther appears to be a grey body of a Kh-31, which was probably the first missile seen in with an SU-30MKK in operational guise.

Pic originally posted in the CDF.