Monday, February 25, 2019

A Chinese Short range SAM that can shoot down supersonic cruise missiles

Sky Dragon 12 Air defence System

The system was unveiled for the first time during the defense exhibition in South Africa, AAD, September 2014.
 The command-to-line-of-sight weapon resembles Russia’s KBM Panstsyr, firing two-stage booster-and-dart missiles and mounted on a single vehicle with search and guidance radars.

 There is also an electro-optical backup guidance system. The system carries 12 ready missiles and has a range up to 12 km and a maximum altitude of 5 km.
 One difference from Pantsyr is that it is missile-only, and designed to be integrated with separate gun systems.

 The Sky Dragon 12 short-range SAM system is designed for key-point and field air-defense of small-size military objects and areas against mass air threats, such as aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, UAVs and precision-guided weapons, as well as reinforcing 35mm AA (Anti-Aircraft) gun air-defense group coverage, forming the AWS2 missile/gun integrated air defense weapon.

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