![]() The Russian military expert remarked that the PL-12 missile was developed by the People's Republic of China in the late 1990s - early 2000s with the assistance of Russia's manufactures and extensive use of Russian components including an active radar homing head. However, while the PL-12 has a range of approximately 100 kilometers, the P-15 is reportedly capable of destroying targets at a distance of 300km or even 400km, Kashin pointed out. Being more than six meters long the new rocket is believed to be a potential replacement for China's current main air-to-air weapon PL-12, an active radar-guided beyond-visual-range missile. Speaking to Sputnik 27 J\Kanuary 2017, Kashin noted that the PL-15 test images have been repeatedly circulated on the Internet, adding that its mockup was also demonstrated at China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai. "The PL-15 and the range of that missile, we've got to be able to out-stick that missile," Carlisle underscored. Herbert Carlisle stressed that he regarded outmatching the Chinese PL-15 air-to-air missile as "exceedingly high priority" for the US. In his 2015 interview with Flight Global magazine Head of the Air Force's Air Combat Command Gen. It was reported that the new weapon boasted a powerful rocket motor that could potentially give it an advantage over America's main air-to-air missile AIM-120 in terms of firing range. In September 2015, Pentagon officials raised the alarm over China's most advanced air-to-air missile, referred to as the PL-15. The photos of an unusually large "air-to-air" rocket prompted rumors over the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) adopting a new long-range missile system.Īccording to Russian military expert Vasily Kashin, the missile in question could have been the so-called PL-15 air-to-air missile. Speaking to Sputnik, Russian military expert Vasily Kashin shed some light on China's mysterious missile system. In early 2017, photos of an unknown rocket carried by a Chinese J-11B fighter jet raised questions about whether Beijing is developing a new super-long-range air-to-air missile. ![]() For long-range air-to-air missiles, the US military believes that China's PL-15 is at best comparable to the latest US military AIM-120D. However, the US media said that the US Air Force is worried about the PL-15, not the one that was carried in the J-20 built-in bomb bay and appeared at the 12th Zhuhai Air Show. From the perspective of range, AIM-120 is indeed much weaker than China PL-15. It has a flight speed of Mach 4 per hour and a range of 110. It is also an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States. The AIM-120 is the first active radar-guided line-of-sight air-to-air missile currently in service in the United States. Compared with the PL-12, PL-15 radar not only has active detection range increase, but also has anti-interference data link, and there is also a double-pulse solid rocket motor to improve its range. On September 23, 2015, the US "Popular Science" monthly website reported that the PL-15 air-to-air missile was developed by China's 607 (Air-to-Air Missile Research Institute), which provided China with a radar-guided range of about 100 kilometers. The AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missiles installed by the US Air Force have been the benchmark for the development of modern air-to-air weapons for many years.
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