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Short-range air-to-air missile
The PL-2 is an infrared homing (IRH) short-range air-to-air missile (AAM) developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was a reverse-engineered Soviet Vympel K-13, which in turn was a reverse-engineered American AIM-9B Sidewinder. The missile is the successor of the PL-1 short-range air-to-air missile. The PL-2 was the root of a family of AAMs; of the derivatives, only the PL-5 was successful. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PL-2A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: PL-2 History of the Merino in AustraliaInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Rashomon and other storiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: PL-12A closely related topic
- Go sideways: PL-8 (missile)A closely related topic
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🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Rashomon and other storiesRyūnosuke Akutagawa · 1952
HōjōkiChōmei Kamo, Nicola Liscutin · 1892
女のいない男たち村上春樹 · 2015
SilenceShūsaku Endō · 1993- 📕PL/I programmer's guide to embedded SQL for DB2Jonathan S. Sayles · 1991
- 📕Record of the ListenerHong Mai, Cong Ellen Zhang · 2018
The Izumi Shikibu diaryIzumi Shikibu · 1969
pl/2d--a programming language for generating 2-dimensional patternsKaren Sebela Lantz · 1974
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🔗 Related topics
- PL-12 The PL-12 (Chinese: 霹雳-12; pinyin: Pī Lì-12; lit. 'Thunderbolt-12', NATO reporting name: CH-AA-7 Adze) is an active radar-guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air…
- PL-8 (missile) The PL-8 (Chinese: 霹雳-8; pinyin: Pī Lì-8; lit. 'Thunderbolt-8') is a Chinese short-range air-to-air missile (AAM) originated from the Israeli Python-3…
- PL-9 The PL-9 (Chinese: 霹雳-9; pinyin: Pī Lì-9; lit. 'Thunderbolt-9') is a short-range, infrared-homing air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by the People's Republic…
- K-13 (missile) The Vympel K-13 (NATO reporting name: AA-2 "Atoll") is a short-range, infrared homing air-to-air missile family developed by the Soviet Union. The K-13…
- PL-4 (missile) The PL-4 (Chinese: 霹雳-4; pinyin: Pī Lì-4; lit. 'Thunderbolt-4') was an air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by the People's Republic of China. It was designed…
- PL-11 (missile) The PL-11 (Chinese: 霹雳-11; pinyin: Pī Lì-11; lit. 'Thunderbolt-11') is a medium-range semi-active radar homing (SARH) air-to-air missile (AAM) developed…
- Air-to-air missile An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft in flight. AAMs are typically powered by…
- PL-5 The PL-5 (霹雳-5) air-to-air missile (PL stands for Pi Li, "Thunderbolt" in Chinese, the generic designation for all PRC air-to-air missiles) is a short-range…