22.10.2024, 21:07
Zitat:China’s Carrier-Killing KD-21 Ballistic Missile Shown as Part of CH-Series UCAV’s Munitionshttps://theaviationist.com/2024/10/16/kd-21-ch-series/
Published on: October 16, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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CH-9 KD-21
The KD-21 (or 2PZD-21) ALBM before what is believed to be a CH-9 UCAV. (Image credit: @琴石2022 from Weibo shared by ‘@Rupprecht_A’ on X)
The KD-21 is a serious strategic weapon that has been appearing underneath the H-6K bombers. Chinese commanders would not mind if a UCAV can fire a strategic weapon at half the operational cost and risk compared to a bomber.
A photo, emerged online, shows a Chinese KD-21 (2PZD-21) ALBM (Air-Launched Ballistic Missile) in front of a CH-series UCAV, amid other air-to-ground munitions and massive sensor pods on its hardpoints. The KD-21 is a serious strategic weapon that has been appearing underneath the H-6K bombers for two years now, and in June 2024 leading Chinese military aviation researcher Andreas Rupprecht shared a picture showing the aircraft carrying what looked like four of the munitions. In May, the H-6K was also captured on video while dropping the weapon.