The land-based launch vehicle for the CM-401 hypersonic anti-ship missile system. The CM-401 is thought to be a modified anti-ship version based on the BP-12A tactical ballistic missile. The missile achieves high supersonic speed and its ship killing accuracy is derived by the integral active radar used in the terminal phase of the flight. This missile is used mainly to attack medium-to-large-sized ships, including aircraft carriers.
QN-506 is based on a turretless Type 59 tank (Chinese version of the obsolete T-54). In the QN-506 the manned turret was replaced with an unmanned rotating structure that mounts a 30mm cannon, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, launchers carrying 20 lightweight QN-201 multi-role missiles and four launchers for QN502 EO guided missiles or loitering weapons. The vehicle can also exchange some of the loitering weapons for drones, to extend the observation range to 10 km.
Defense-Update from the Russo-Ukraine War. Following are some of this week's military technology news highlights from the Russo-Ukraine conflict
Ukrainian Forces and Russian Laser Threats
Ukrainian sources have reported sightings of green light rays on the...
The Norwegian KONGSBERG Defense company secured a $95 million contract to supply Joint Strike Missiles (JSM) for Australia's F-35A aircraft, enhancing the country's long-range strike capabilities. Australia joins Norway, Japan, and the United States...
Maiden Flight of the Model 437 Vanguard
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Azerbaijan to Buy Chinese JF-17 armed them with Turkish Air/Air Missiles
Azerbaijan is set to significantly enhance its air force capabilities by acquiring 24 JF-17...
Following is the Defense-Update unmanned systems news summary for the current week.
General Atomics' EagleEye Enters Production
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the production of its first EagleEye multi-mode radar, set to enhance...
The following are recent defense updates from the previous week. A concise version of this report is also available in the Defense-Brief podcast.
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Russia-Ukraine War
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