I think the main problem would be its RCS? The PLA AD brigades use this as a TD . The company says it has a RCS of 0.01 m² to 3 m² ...There are several target drones in that family. JY-260 is slightly bigger:
JY260高亚声速无人靶机陆用型、海用型__河北飞镖网
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190 kg weight, 35 kg payload.
Arrow-1 is a localized version of these models, don't know for sure which variant in specific.
Pakistan AirForce : Updates & Discussions
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Chinese OEMs can repurpose their products for exports. Since this think has no seeker (i suppose), it is not gonna work in EW environments like the Fatah-1s got jammed. And unlike Fatah-1 like systems that are at least fast and give lesser reaction time, this thing can't take out mobile targets.
So at best this thing can work against remote stationary targets, so payload size hardly makes a difference.
I mean that's exactly all claimed indigenous products from fauji foundation originate from. You can easily trace their origins to a Chinese OEM.
I'm not blaming them. This can work for them due to limited resources and reliable supply chains. But wordings of stuff being indigenous is cringe.
We cringe at many of our own companies screwdrivering foreign stuff (mostly Israeli) giving them fancy Indian names and selling it as "indigenous" albeit they can still manage higher IC% than pak can with it's screwdrivered equivalents.
No matter what weapons Pakistan air force deploys, without right information on the target their mission will fail. Today's war depends on information heavily due to the network enabled layered air defence systems. They will require a lot of data to launch a single mission be it with Mirage V or J20. That will increase their toll and cost both.
Hence their strategy is always to gather huge amount of information via HUMINT and they have already increased the budget for that, so that their strike missions to suppress Indian air defence do not go up in the cost factor. Chinese satellites helping Pakistan rocket force or air force is also a cause of concern.
Indian airfroce has to protect and safeguard the information on top priority.
Hence their strategy is always to gather huge amount of information via HUMINT and they have already increased the budget for that, so that their strike missions to suppress Indian air defence do not go up in the cost factor. Chinese satellites helping Pakistan rocket force or air force is also a cause of concern.
Indian airfroce has to protect and safeguard the information on top priority.
RCS isn't a problem, Yiha were practically carbon fiber sticks attached to a propeller. They all went down.
The Chinese drone with a similar design is stated to have a range of 150km.
Radars like Arudhra can detect 0.2 SQM at 160km, and this LM will have to fly a good of chunk of its trajectory at medium altitude to have a meaningful range.
At the engagement point, it'll have to contend with QRSAM/Akash NG both of which will presumably ordered before this thing is tested and enters manufacturing. Both systems are specifically designed for low-RCS threats.
They are getting Fatah III to fill in the gap for such targets. By keeping themselves away from border and detection, utilize the speed of the missile to avoid counter measures.
Even if we exclude the direct image sharing from china , We have to look at the New Satelight Constilation we are putting up .
It's in a very unique orbit , covering only the Subcontinent .
Secondly , PAF has been practicing more and more with the ARFC to improve co ordination and penetration .