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CM102 ARM internal loadout for stealth aircraft #4427

Closed Siegemiester closed 6 months ago

Siegemiester commented 6 months ago

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

LuigiP57 commented 6 months ago

Maybe need to submit an additional [weapon] ticket? image

Siegemiester commented 6 months ago

Maybe need to submit an additional [weapon] ticket? image

The CM102 is already in game it seems, It just isn't being mounted on any relevant aircraft.

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 6 months ago

This image appears to have been Photoshopped. Someone in the Twitter replies made a great spot:

image

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.