PL-9
| PL-9 | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Type | Short-range infrared guided air-to-air missile |
| Local name | PiLi-9, PL-9 ( Pi Li : lightning or Peng Lung : air dragon) |
| Country of origin | People's Republic of China |
| Manufacturer | - China National Aviation Import and Export Corporation - Beifang Industrial Company |
| development | 1986-1989 |
| Commissioning | Offered on the export market since 1989 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 2.90 m - 2.99 m |
| diameter | 0.157 m - 160 mm |
| Combat weight | - 115 kg (PL-9), - 123 kg (PL-9C) |
| span | 0.65 m - 0.81 m |
| drive | single-stage solid rocket motor |
| speed | Mach 2.1 - Mach 2 |
| Range | - 0.5 to 5 km (PL-9); - 0.5 to 22 km (PL-9C) - "15 km Maximum effective range" |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | smaller areas on the front end and sidewinder-like "rollerons" on the rear fins |
| Target location | Infrared seeker head cooled with liquid nitrogen with all-aspect target acquisition capability , viewfinder tilt angle 40 °, ability to use a helmet visor, then up to 60 ° side viewing angle |
| Warhead | 10 kg high explosive (PL-9), 12 kg (PL-9C) |
| Weapon platforms | F-7 (here with helmet visor) u. a. |
| Maximum acceleration load |
35 g (PL-9), |
| Lists on the subject | |
The PL-9 is a third-generation Chinese infrared guided short-range air-to-air missile .
history
The development of the PL-9 began in 1986 parallel to the development of the technically comparable PL-8 and is based on the previous models PL-5 and PL-7 . The fact that China has developed two very similar guided weapons is probably due to the fact that the agreement on the license production of the Israeli Python-3 as the basis of the PL-8 prohibited the export of the weapon, so that the infrared seeker of the PL- 8 was built into an airframe of domestic design. The PL-9 has been available on the export market since 1989; but so far there has been no deal. Only a small number of air combat missiles are - if at all - in domestic service.
Based on the PL-9 , the " Beifang Industrial Company " developed a surface-to-air missile that was first publicly demonstrated at the Paris Air Show in 1991 and of the later improved version of the PL-9C (or DK-9 ) a small number was placed in the service of Chinese air defense and also unsuccessfully offered on the export market.
Technical specifications
Outwardly, the PL-9 is similar to the Python-3 , but has only about a third of the range of the Israeli weapon and differs in the type and arrangement of the control surfaces, which are more similar to the arrangement on the American AIM-9 Sidewinder . The steering of the PL-9 works in a similar way to the Sidewinder with control surfaces in the front and rolling masses in the tail fins.
It has an infrared seeker head cooled with liquid nitrogen, which enables target acquisition from any direction.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m PiLi-9 Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile ( EN ) SinoDefence.com .. October 12, 2008. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved on April 20, 2010.
- ↑ a b PL-9 / DK-9 ( EN ) Globalsecurity.org .. July 17, 2006. Accessed April 20, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e PL-9 / DK-9 Specifications ( EN ) Globalsecurity.org .. July 17, 2006. Accessed April 20, 2010.