BRE (export name: Fire Dragon/King Dragon) is a series of guided rockets (missiles) manufactured by Chinese Norinco.[1]
The largest version is the BRE8, export name Fire Dragon 480[2] (previously Fire Dragon 280A). It is a 750 mm tactical ballistic missile, with a 480 kg warhead and range of 280–300 km, for the AR-3 launcher. It uses inertial plus satellite guidance with a CEP accuracy of about 30m.[3][4][5][6]
A similar missile is the 610 mm caliber King Dragon 300, with a range of 300 km and precision guidance, for the SR-5 launcher.[1][7][8]
The rockets are currently in service with the People's Liberation Army, as the PHL-16.
Variants
edit- Unguided 122mm
- Standard HE: High explosive warhead. 40 km range.[citation needed]
- BRE1: High explosive warhead. 50 km range.[citation needed]
- Guided 122mm
- BRE7/Fire Dragon 40A: 40 km range.[9] GPS/INS guided with CEP 25m and minimum distance 20 km.[citation needed]
- Guided 220mm
- GR1/King Dragon 60: 70 km range. Terminal laser homing guidance and GPS/INS guided. Minimum range 25 km.[9]
- Unguided 300mm
- BRC3: Cargo warhead, 70 km range[10]
- BRC4: Cargo warhead, 130 km range[10]
- BRE2: High explosive warhead, 130 km range[10]
- Guided 300mm
- BRE3/FD140A: 130 km range; also known as Fire Dragon 140A[10]
- Guided 370mm
- Guided 610mm
- King Dragon 300: 300 km range
- Guided 750mm
- BRE8/FD280: 360 km range for BRE8, 280 km range, 30m CEP for export version Fire Dragon 480[10]
- Anti-ship missiles 380mm[11]
- TL-7B[12]
References
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- ^ "Long-range firepower [IDX15D2] - Jane's 360". www.janes.com.
- ^ "Ballistic and cruise missile threat" (PDF). fas.org. 2017. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "珠海航展上的中国新火箭炮，让美国人聊以自慰的资本所剩无几！_制导". www.sohu.com. 5 November 2018.
- ^ Eshel, Noam (2014-11-14). "Airshow China 2014 Photo Report - Strike Weapons". Defense Update. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "Airshow China 2014 Photo Report - Strike Weapons - Defense Update". 14 November 2014.
- ^ a b National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) in collaboration with the Defense Intelligence Ballistic Missile Analysis Committee (DIBMAC) (July 2020), Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat (2020) (PDF), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH: Defense Intelligence Ballistic Missile Analysis Committee, pp. 16–17
- ^ a b c d e f Foss, Christopher F. (24 February 2015). "Long-range firepower [IDX15D2]". Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "DSA 2018: China's NORINCO Showcasing TL-7B Anti-ship Missile".
- ^ Verma, Vivek (7 April 2020). "Appraisal of PLA Artillery Modernisation". Issue Briefs. No. 220. Centre for Land Warfare Studies (published April 2020). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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