Impressive achievement!

Anti-satellite weapon shot down a LEO Satelite – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v6eRj7Hl0s

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Good to see the LCA pics again (especially the last one). Keep it up! :very_drunk:

056 corvette firing YJ-83

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Do we have size estimate ?

Looks to me like it is pretty similar to AMRAAM. perhaps it has 200mm diameter as R-77. AFAIK it’s been claimed to have long reach of 150-200 km. I found it rather hard to believe, for at least missile of its size. Running few numbers and assumes AMRAAM like battery capacity for controlled flight (150 seconds). M 1.2 launch speed and 15000 m altitude and missile L/D of 2 (typical for axisymmetric airframe) i found the trajectory for boost-glide profile range is like 60-68 NMI (111-120 km). putting it within the envelope of the latest AMRAAM and R-77-1.

There are no official specs for the PL-15. I think It has been cleared for export (PL-15E?) so we might get some export specs. Below are the specs for the SD-10A (PL-12 export version). PL-15 has a new motor (dual pulse rocket?), seeker (AESA?) but they may have reduced the speed. SD-10A is unusually fast for a missile of its class. The PL-15 touted a AIM-120D class missile.

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J-15 IFR with UPAZ-1A: https://twitter.com/dafengcao/status/1108019206803447813

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Y-8G Close-up, Z-20, Anti-Stealth radar

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Crazy Swiss F/A-18 Hornet demo! (And no TVC)

Do the simple math. It is not rocket science to extrapolate fuel burn across a fleet assuming 100% availability rate. They are taking light fighters and replacing them with much heavier burn rates (and in reality we are ignoring what should be a sharply better availability rates) you see a major scaling of necessary fuel potential. Logistics are everything.

I thought the old turbojet powered Q-5, J-7/J-8 and H-6 are much worse when it comes to efficiency.