can explain more. seems like it is intended to split in half?

AA missiles have range. If target-locked jet turn around fast enough and goes cold, the missile may run out of fuel (ie. out of range) and fall down without hitting anything. When it hits the ground, the warhead goes off and that's why the tip of the missile is missing.

By the way, no way India can reverse engineer it even if they understand the missile components inside out since they won't have the critical minerals to manufacture it.

This post has been edited by ZeaXG: May 10 2025, 08:46 PM

It is like AIM 120 AMRAAM design...what shown in the pic is they found the first stage of missiles.....

So the missile did its job on the Rafael, and dropped its spent motor for the Indians to gloat about Chinese tofu dreg weapons?
They'll take any small win, I guess.

I wonder what Temu's return and refund policy is

Kekwa
What they want to learn from a failed specimen?

Biasalah macam mercun juga ada yang ok ada yang masuk angin ini

I love to hear all the experts in warfare giving quality remarks lol

Yes AAM like the PL 15 and SAM are proximity kill weapon
while anti tank/ship missile are contact kill weapon

Not expert, armschair general to be exact

plot twist, actually pakistan didnt down the indian rafale with CCP J10 jets or PL15 missiles
but actually they flew F16 and used american AIM missiles against the rafales

thats the warhead part of the missile that exploded. how most anti air missiles works are it is designed to fragmentate like shotgun before impacting their air targets to maximise damage against the thinly armored planes

they are not kinetic kill weapons which hits the planes directly

Finally some one who does some analysis before commenting

It come down intact yet this very missile in the one that brought done the Rafael

Ts

Kalau tak tau tolong simpan sikit

It's because Paki used more than one PL15 for a target

If the target is already destroyed, PL15 will self explode instead of harming any civilian

PRC weapon won't harm any innocent

This post has been edited by GagalLand: May 11 2025, 11:59 AM

You have to understand , if you buy American fighter jets , they put a condition that you cannot attack other country with it. Only self defense and some other terms. That is why Pak has to use PRC aircraft and not their F16.

is for enviromental friendly purpose. so can recycle and reuse..

ya la ya la, IAF win big by successfully block few lousy PL15E with whole Rafale jet lol happy?

surprised the spent motor part is almost intact after fell thousands of meters out of the sky . is this a fake ?

https://x.com/Defence_IDA/status/1920057405976539215/photo/1

Yindian pilots got another bloody nose from the paki. 😅