PL-8
The PL-8 missile is a licensed copy of the Israeli Python-3 short-range missile. The first pieces were probably made in 1988-89. Together with the missile PL-5 it is the most widespread PLRS in the armament of aircraft of the Chinese Air Force and Navy.
TACTICAL TECHNICAL DATA:
Manufacturer: China Academy of Air-to-Air Missile, Luoyang, PRC
Guidance type: infrared
Length: 2.99 m
Body diameter: 0.16 m
Span: 0.81 m
Total weight: 115 kg
Warhead weight: 10 kg
Flight speed: M = 2.0
Overload: 35 G
Range: 15 km
The PL-8 missile is a licensed copy of the Israeli Python-3 short-range missile. The first pieces were probably made in 1988-89. Together with the missile PL-5 it is the most widespread PLRS in the armament of aircraft of the Chinese Air Force and Navy.
TACTICAL TECHNICAL DATA:
Manufacturer: China Academy of Air-to-Air Missile, Luoyang, PRC
Guidance type: infrared
Length: 2.99 m
Body diameter: 0.16 m
Span: 0.81 m
Total weight: 115 kg
Warhead weight: 10 kg
Flight speed: M = 2.0
Overload: 35 G
Range: 15 km