AKD-9
The precision-guided munitions produced by the Ordnance Industry Group are mainly air-to-surface bombs, missiles and anti-tank missile systems. The main role of helicopters is to attack armored targets, and the anti-tank missiles they are equipped with are "fangs". The Hellfire missile equipped with the U.S. Apache has a range of 8 kilometers.
The AKD-9 is an air-to-surface missile developed by China. Its design and use are similar to those of the AKD-10 air -to- surface missile, but smaller, and its range and power have been reduced accordingly. Because the Zhi-19 body is relatively small to mount the AKD-10, it is more difficult to mount a similar missile. Due to insufficient engine power of the Zhi-10, AKD-9 is also used to increase the amount of munitions carried.
The original AKD-10 missile equipped with the Wuzhi-10 has a range of 8 kilometers. Before launching an attack, it faced the fate of being shot down by ground air defense fire. It can be said that if there are no longer-range helicopters with air-to-surface missiles, armed helicopters can only fly in the wild on low-intensity battlefields, and they will be vulnerable to large countries with complete air defense systems.
In order to break this embarrassing situation, the United States, Russia, Israel and other countries are competing to develop ultra-long-range anti-tank missiles. The most representative one is Israel’s Spike-NLOS non-line-of-sight attack missile, which has a longest range of 32 kilometers. The emergence of Spike-NLOS missiles is tantamount to completely changing the rules of the Wuzhi helicopter combat game. The range of more than 30 kilometers has given the helicopter the ability to strike in air defense zones, and the mode of combat has also changed to relying on missile guidance heads to find targets or data links to provide targets.
From a technical point of view, the AKD-9 and AKD-10 air-to-surface missiles used by Chinese armed helicopters have served in China’s army aviation for more than 10 years, launching thousands of them, with a hit rate of over 90%, and these two missiles are exported for export. The Jian-7 and Lanjian-9 air-to-surface missiles, along with the huge sales of Rainbow UAVs, have also achieved good attack results. China and Russia have repeatedly joined military exercises. The Russian armed helicopter pilots are most envious of China Wuzhi The advanced air-to-surface missile carried by the AKD-10 is very accurate, and the hit rate remains high.
Over time, these two advanced air-to-surface missiles have also appeared some hidden dangers. In general, the maximum range of this missile is only 7 kilometers. Although the armor-piercing ability and attack accuracy are very high, it is essentially a semi-active weapon. , It can’t be evacuated after launching. The carrier keeps track of the target for a long time. If the enemy has an advanced anti-aircraft missile system, such as a weapon like the Sam-17, it can attack Wuzhi-10 from 12 kilometers away. The helicopter launches an attack. From this perspective, the lack of range is a flaw, and it must be upgraded to increase the range of the missile.
From another perspective, the AKD-9 and AKD-10 two weapons are still very easy to deal with. The main reason is that the missile uses a unique laser semi-active guidance mode. The enemy target only needs to have a basic laser. By irradiating the warning system, countermeasures can be initiated in time. The simplest way is to quickly release the smoke screen, and soon the missile seeker can lose the target, reflect the laser signal, and fly. This is very common in modern battlefields, not only tanks, but many Armored vehicles also have laser irradiation warning systems, not to mention more advanced air defense missile systems. From this perspective, China’s advanced air-to-surface missiles must make a fuss about seeker technology to improve anti-jamming capabilities. Traditional photoelectric or laser semi-active Seekers must be abandoned.
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