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The PLAAF Now Has Weapons Comparable to U. S. Weapons
The weaponry—air-to-air, air-to-surface, and surface-to-air—available to the PLAAF has obviously advanced dramatically since the mid-1990s. As discussed above, new AAMs and precision-guided munitions (PGMs) are entering the force, providing China with much improved capabilities across the board. Whereas in 1995 the PLAAF would have gone to war with outmoded AAMs and “dumb” bombs, its inventory today includes weapons—of both Russian and Chinese manufacture—that are in the same class as those carried by USAF and U. S. Navy combat aircraft, including laser – and satellite- guided bombs and guided missiles of various sorts. Tables 8-8 and 8-9 compare similar weapons from each side’s arsenal.
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Table 8-8. U. S. and Chinese Air-to-Air Missiles
Source: Jane’s {2010) ARH: active radar homing IRH: infrared homing |
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Table 8-9. U. S. and Chinese Air-to-Surface Missiles
ATGM: antitank guided missile ARM: antiradiation missile ASM: air-to-surface missile EO: electro-optical GPS: global positioning system IIR: imaging infrared INS: inertial navigation system LACM: land-attack cruise missile TERCOM: terrain comparison and matching |