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Originally Posted by urmomma158
It's a great missile since it has a 150km range. Can't wait till it comes out.  |
Still baffles me how we have got this 150km figure for the "D", a missile that doesnt exist in service. The whole figure is based on the claim in several sources that it will offer a range 50% greater than the C or the C-7 (its ambiguous which it is). Given that the range of the C-7 is classified in any case, why are we assuming it has that sort of range?
In my view ( for what its worth lol) 100-110 km is much more likely, unless the D has some completely revolutionary form of propellant. Possibly it could achieve 150 km, but only (as Snipe suggests) it the most favourable (and therefore unlikely) firing conditions possible. Max range of any non-ramjet missile is always much less than the true operational, effective range, against real-world targets imho