Closed Siegemiester closed 6 months ago
Maybe need to submit an additional [weapon] ticket?
Maybe need to submit an additional [weapon] ticket?
The CM102 is already in game it seems, It just isn't being mounted on any relevant aircraft.
This image appears to have been Photoshopped. Someone in the Twitter replies made a great spot:
Look at the missile and the landing gear. The retracting landing gear is somehow behind the missile?
The CM-102 is an export-only missile, not known to be in PLAAF service. (This is actually a perpetual issue we're having on the PLAAF/PLANAF review: so much stuff flies on PLAAF aircraft for testing, etc. but very little of it is actually in official service. Just look at the litany of guided bombs being produced by Chinese companies, of which almost none are actually widely procured by the PLAAF.) China does have an ARM cooking, but whatever it is, this ain't it.
As of right now the main Chinese ARM remains the YJ-91.
DB Selector
DB3K
User(s)
J20, J31, GJ11 and all their variants
Weapons Carried
J20: 2xPL10 + 4x CM102 2xPL10 + 2xPL15 + 2xCM102 2xPL10 + 2xPL12 + 2xCM102
J31: 2xPL15 + 2xCM102 2xPL12 + 2xCM102
GJ11: 4x CM102
Requires Buddy Illumination
Yes
Default Combat Radius (nm)
No response
Weather Restrictions
All-Weather
Time-of-Day Restrictions
Day & Night
Capable of Quick Turnaround
Yes
Comments
According to source, the CM102 appears to have cropped fins meaning it is specifically modified to fit inside the weapons bays of chinese stealth aircraft enabling them to conduct SEAD much more effectively than with existing externally mounted ARMs
Sources
https://www.twz.com/37513/we-may-just-have-got-the-first-glimpse-of-chinas-new-air-launched-anti-radiation-missile