{"id":145257,"date":"2026-01-30T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145257"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:00:15","slug":"has-chinas-pl-17-missile-likely-pacific-game-changer-finally-been-seen-up-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145257","title":{"rendered":"Has China\u2019s PL-17 missile, likely Pacific game-changer, finally been seen up close?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe first close-up image of the Chinese PL-17 long-range missile \u2013 one of the most mysterious weapons in the PLA Air Force\u2019s arsenal \u2013 appears to have surfaced online.<br \/>\nAnalysts say the PL-17 may be the world\u2019s longest-range air-to-air missile, posing a threat to US air superiority in the western Pacific.<br \/>\nA photo believed to show the PL-17 has recently been making the rounds on Chinese social media. The date and location of the photo are unclear, although the angle of view is extremely close. The&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3341883\/has-chinas-pl-17-missile-likely-pacific-game-changer-finally-been-seen-close?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe first close-up image of the Chinese PL-17 long-range missile \u2013 one of the most mysterious weapons in the PLA Air Force\u2019s arsenal \u2013&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145257"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}