indushek
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2010
- Messages
- 3,732
- Reaction score
- -1
- Country
- Location
What PRC can do or will do is left to anyone's imagination. I am interested in Air war scenarios regardless of how the governments will function.
At this point in time we face a counter in PAF (PRC not yet). So i am interested in a Air to Air scenarios wrt to PAF.
One thing i cant figure out is effective utilisation of AWACS. Both sides have AWACS , so there will no tactical surprises to speak. So the question is how to over come the AWACS system ?
I think this missile is our answer to the AWACS threat
The Novator K-100 is a Russian air-to-air missile designed as an "AWACS killer"[4] at ranges up to 300400 km (160-210 mi). The missile has had various names during its troubled history, including Izdeliye 172 ('Article 172'), AAM-L (RVV-L), KS172, KS-1, 172S-1 and R-172. The airframe appears to have been derived from the 9K37 Buk surface-to-air missile (SAM) but development stalled in the mid-1990s for lack of funds.[4] It appears to have restarted in 2004 after a deal with India, who wants to produce the missile in India for their Su-30MKI fighters.
Engine Solid-propellant tandem rocket booster (KS172)[1]
Wingspan 61 cm (24 in) (KS172)[1]
Operational
range At least 200km,[2] possibly 300400 km (160-210 nmi)
Flight altitude 3 m (9.8 ft)30,000 m (98,000 ft) (KS172)[1]
Speed "up to" 4,000 km/h (2,500 mph) (KS172)[1]
Guidance
system inertial navigation with midcourse guidance and active radar for terminal homing (KS172)[1]
Launch
platform Su-27, Su-30, Su-35,[3] Su-30MKI[1]
Look at the operational range 400 km , this can be a game changer. I don't know if there is a AWACS killer with such a range. Even Chinese variant YJ-91 is up to 150 kms it seems. So our aircraft can shoot them (AWACS) from outside its range without engaging the fighter cover around it.
Please correct me if i am wrong at any point.