U.S. media: China to sell missile systems and other weapons to the international market

Foreign media, in the 13th Asian Defense Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from

April 16 to 19, Chinese companies are selling advanced weapons to the international

market.

According to the United States, “Defense News” magazine website reported that the China

Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMIEC) is to sell three car transport,

erect, missile launcher system: BP-12A, the KS-1A and FD-2000.

These three missile system, the BP-12A surface-to-surface weapons systems capable of

carrying a 480 kg warhead to a range of between 80-280 km, only slightly lower than the

300 km range of the Missile Technology Control Regime and the export of 500 kg payload

limit. 2010, BP-12A for the first time appeared in the 8th Zhuhai Airshow, which is the

B611 variant of the short-range ballistic missiles. Get on the Asian Defense Exhibition

brochure, BP-12A “for the depth of the target of the attack all kinds of important

battles, such as missile launch site launch site of the rockets and long-range artillery,

communications centers, troop concentrations, the logistical base and technical Support

Center. ” Of BP-12A system can carry two for the vertical thermal emission, “Missile

Canister. Not separate the warhead and missile body in flight. BP-12A launch platform and

the SY400 multi-control guided rocket launcher systems, ground testing and launch control

systems and SY400.

Reported that the Asian Defense Exhibition, the CPMIEC still sell the KS-1A medium-range

air defense missile weapon system, and FD-2000-range air defense and missile defense

weapon system. KS-1A can be aimed at the distance of 7-50 km, aircraft and away from the

7-30 km cruise missile. FD-2000 is an advanced long-range, full height air defense and

anti-missile system in the “large-scale air raids and electronic interference conditions

run. It can target cruise missiles (7-24 km), air-to-surface missile (7 to 50 km),

aircraft (7-125 km), precision-guided bombs and tactical ballistic missiles (7-25 km). The

CPMIEC: FD-2000 mainly for the Air Force and air defense forces to protect the core

political, military and economic targets. “It can also be in conjunction with other air

defense systems and the establishment of a multi-layered air defense system in order to

achieve regional air defense targets” in the brochure.

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