Image shows the unnamed Chinese long range missile that could be a big problem for the US. dafeng cao via Twitter
China Daily: PLA may have new air-to-air missile
An image released online by the Chinese Air Force has led to speculation that the military is testing a beyond-visual-range, air-to-air missile in combat drills.
The photo, recently uploaded to the People’s Liberation Army website, shows a J-11B twin-engine fighter jet carrying a large missile – it stretches about one-fourth of the length of the 22-meter-long aircraft – during Red Sword 2016, an aerial warfare exercise over a northwestern desert in November.
Nearly 100 aircraft as well as air defense and electronic countermeasure units from two theater commands participated in the exercise, the Air Force said.
It comes after photographs circulated on weapons websites late last year of a Chinese J-16 strike fighter carrying a nearly identical missile.
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