China's unique missile patrol completely changed the way of fire support?

Take the WS-43 foreign trade patrol missile exhibited by China at the air show as an example. The rocket can undertake one or more tasks such as monitoring, reconnaissance, war damage assessment, air wireless interruption, attack, etc. in the target area. WS-43 has a maximum range of 60 kilometers, carries a warhead with a mass of 20 kilograms and has a battery life of 30 minutes. To put it bluntly, this unmanned rocket developed by China is almost a god of death hovering in the sky. With its advantages of low cost and long air time, it can completely suppress the firepower in the combat area.

Cruise missile is a kind of ammunition that can patrol the target area with existing weapons. It is an organic combination of UAV technology and ammunition technology, and can realize single or multiple tasks such as reconnaissance and damage assessment, precision strike, communication, relay, target indication, air alert and so on. It consists of warhead, guidance device, propulsion system, control device and stabilization device. The United States has become a pioneer in the development of this kind of ammunition, which will surely attract the attention of weapon developers in other countries and become an important trend of ammunition development in the future. The patrol rocket developed by China is more like a combination of drone and rocket. It has a rocket booster in the tail and a flying wing in the fuselage. Its combat mode is not to directly fire ammunition to attack the target, but to cruise in the air after reaching the target airspace, which can detect enemy targets and choose high-value targets to attack.

The main reason why cruise missiles are still not equipped in large quantities is the high cost. China started bidding for missile patrol as early as March, and it is just around the corner to equip its troops.

The appearance of cruise missiles has greatly improved China's national defense strength, which means that China's national defense level is constantly improving. The application of equipment will make China's weapon level to a higher level, which will completely change the rules of the game. Absolute fire suppression will make opponents lose any possibility of resistance, which shows that China attaches more importance to the construction of networked and informationized armed forces.