Posted on 11/16/2010 10:04:23 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
New Chinese LACM Unveiled
Nov 15, 2010
By Robert Wall wall@aviationweek.com
ZHUHAI, CHINA
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (Casic) has unveiled a new air-launched, land-attack cruise missile.
The weapon, first shown here at Airshow China, is the latest member of the C-802 missile family. The CM-802AKG, as the new weapon is designated, also has longer range than the air-launched version of the anti-ship C-802A, a company official says. The CM-802AKG range exceeds 200 km, whereas the C-802A has a range of around 180 km.
The missile weighs less than 700 kg and is equipped with a multipurpose warhead of slightly below 300 kg mass. One of the main design features of the weapon was achieving the range target at low weight, the Casic engineer notes.
The CM-802AKG uses either an infrared seeker or TV-seeker for terminal guidance. It uses a strap-down inertial navigation system, but GPS-guidance kit could be installed.
The missile is now in production in China, the Casic official says, and the company now is pursuing export customers.
(Photo: Aviation Week)
cylindrical form = cheap and easy to manufacture by the thousands. Which they will do.
Glad those walmart investments are paying off.
Fleet-attack missile for taking out the US Navy.
Just Great...of Dept of Defense has decided there is no cruise missile threat and is canceling SLAMRAAM the one program to combat this threat and protect the NCR.
More like the investments they made in the Clinton administration which gave them the guidance systems that were eluding their engineers.
So is that the missile fire off the coast of CA?
This doesn’t look like the supersonic anti-ship missile, but yes, the US Navy needs SLAMRAAM.
Either that or its FEL-tech is much more advanced than it’s letting on.
That missile or payload or blank shot was fired from the location of NAS Point Mugu, the ordnance launching site. Whatever it was, it belonged to the Navy.
You mean the one fired off of Los Angeles, thus the reference in the title: "LACM Unveiled"
I am sure the Commie Free Trader Globalists will have some explanation on why it is still good to continue Free Trade with Communist China.
We are paying for our own demise.
If you still support Free Trade with Communist China....you are a Communist
Looks like a contrail to me.
I would be really love to see if there are any space-based FEL's in testing, ready to go operational or currently on line.
I would be really love to see if there are any space-based FEL's in testing, ready to go operational or currently on line.
I would be really love to see if there are any space-based FEL's in testing, ready to go operational or currently on line.
I wonder what the chinese want to use those for.. and against?.. the North Koreans?..
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