{"id":152408,"date":"2026-06-03T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152408"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:00:21","slug":"chinas-pl-15-missile-has-downed-rafale-jets-is-the-pl-16-even-more-powerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152408","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s PL-15 missile has downed Rafale jets. Is the PL-16 even more powerful?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s latest air-to-air missile, the PL-16, could have a range of more than 300km (186 miles) thanks to a variable-thrust rocket motor, according to an unverified image being circulated online.<br \/>\nIt comes weeks after the first image emerged of the US Air Force\u2019s new AIM-260 air-to-air missile \u2013 a joint advanced tactical missile with a range of at least 193km (120 miles).<br \/>\nIt is not clear when the AIM-260 will enter service, but US officials have cited China\u2019s PL-15 missile as a key driver for the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3355821\/chinas-pl-15-missile-has-downed-rafale-jets-pl-16-even-more-powerful?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 PostChina\u2019s latest air-to-air missile, the PL-16, could have a range of more than 300km (186 miles) thanks to a variable-thrust rocket motor, according to&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\/152408"}],"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=152408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}