China’s PL-17 Revealed: 400km ‘AWACS-Killer’ Missile Signals Major Shift in Global Airpower Balance
China’s PL-17 Revealed: 400km ‘AWACS-Killer’ Missile Signals Major Shift in Global Airpower Balance
The first high-resolution image of China’s PL-17 beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile provides rare confirmation that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force now fields a weapon capable of engaging targets at ranges exceeding 400 kilometres, a capab…admin (Defence Security Asia)
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Wikipedia:
The missile was tested on a Shenyang J-16 fighter in 2016. (...) In October 2022, Chinese state media reported that the PL-17 entered PLAAF service.[8]
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