chinese have surpassed US in satellite tech
a SAR satellite in geosynchronous orbit that can see large portion indo pacific , and its orbits right over the andamans / nicobar islands .
they can track our naval ships 24hr / 7 with this . and they published technical details on it as well
Ludi Tance 4-01 operates at 22,370 miles, granting China persistent surveillance over one-third of the Earth’s surface.
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It's ability of real time tracking and targeting and it being on higher orbit( Harder for a Asat missile to hit).
Balantly tells, it will be used to guide df21 anti ship MRBM to target american carrier group.
And in future will also be used to guide anti ship varient of df17 hgv under development.
That also tells us about another great feature of our LRASHM, we don't need real time target and tracking for it work( can be jammed, satellite can be destroyed), neither we will need to invest billions of dollars to biuld a guidance chain to guide the missile, neither extra money to make that guidance chain redundance.
Just need to know the position of the target, once the data is fed into lrashm, then it doesn't need any other data, will use it's Inertial navigation to reach the general location in few minutes( in few minutes a ship can only travel few kilometers, so relativelys small variation) and will then activate it's large aesa seeker.
While df21 being a mrbm with Marv warhead will need to rely on external guidance even then it can be taken down in boost and midcourse( while lrashm will fly at lot lower attitude, just like a scramjet hcm ), and those Marv warheads will not be as accurate as lrashm(has a seeker).
The place where lrashm lags behind df21 and df17 Is range, *BUT* it's range is sufficient for us In Indian ocean region, so not a downside for us.
God I love thae missile.
If were talking "individual" missile then, lrashm will be most hard to intercept anti ship missile in the world, when it enters service.
df 21 forced US carriers to operate more farther away, lrashm will force PLAN to never bring their carrier group in the Indian ocean itself, plus the geography will further help us.
This missile will change the entire power play in Indian ocean.
All right, I'm done with my fanboying.
