| PL-11 | |
|---|---|
| Type | air-to-air missile |
| Place of origin | People's Republic of China |
| Service history | |
| Used by | People's Republic of China |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 3.7 m[1] |
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| Engine | Rocket |
Operational range | 75 km[1] |
| Maximum speed | 4680 km/h[1] |
Guidance system | Semi-active radar homing[1] |
Launch platform | aerial |
The PL-11 (Chinese: 霹雳-11; pinyin: Pī Lì-11; literally: "Thunderbolt-11") is a medium-range semi-active radar homing (SARH) air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by a subsidiary of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology in the People's Republic of China. It is a development or copy of the Italian Aspide AAM, which in turn was developed from the American AIM-7 Sparrow; the PRC may have started license production of the Aspide using imported parts before the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Development started in 1990,[2] and the first live-fire test occurred in 2002 from a Shenyang J-8 IIB.[3]
The PL-11 was the People's Liberation Army Air Force's main medium-ranged AAM until the PL-12.[2]
The HQ-61 is the surface-to-air missile (SAM) variant of the PL-11.[2]
References[]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wood, Yang & Cliff 2020, p. 41.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wood, Yang & Cliff 2020, p. 37-38.
- ↑ Wood, Yang & Cliff 2020, p. 19.
Bibliography[]
- Wood, Peter; Yang, David; Cliff, Roger (November 2020). Air-to-Air Missiles: Capabilities And Development In China. Montgomery: China Aerospace Studies Institute. ISBN 9798574996270. https://airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/Books/2020-11-%2030%20Air-to-Air%20Missiles%20and%20Guidance%20Systems.pdf?ver=C8qY98R8IETgcweqak0tqA%3d%3d.
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