China's Big Air-To-Air Missile Likely Targets Support Aircraft

Credit: A J-16 carries two units of China’s new air-to-air missiles: Chinese internet.
A new Chinese air-to-air weapon is comparable to a long-range surface-to-air missile in size and appearance and therefore can probably reach well more than 200 km (120 mi.). With no aerodynamic surfaces except small tail fins to help turn its hefty bulk, it does not look suited for attacking a...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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