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Air-to-air missile
The PL-4 was an air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by the People's Republic of China. It was designed by the 612 Research Institute and the Zhuzhou Aeroengine factory. The first version, the PL-4A, was China's first semi-active radar homing (SARH) AAM. It was developed into the infrared homing PL-4B. Wikipedia →
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- Skim a recent paper: PL-4 Merinos in South AfricaInfluential work since 2022
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- Go sideways: PL-11 (missile)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: PL-2A closely related topic
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📚 Books worth reading
陰翳礼讃 (In'ei raisan)谷崎潤一郎 · 1977
Caitaani mũtharaba-inĩNgũgĩ wa Thiongʼo · 1980
Remembering the Kanji IJames W. Heisig, Tanya Sienko · 1985
The narrow road to the Deep North, and other travel sketchesBasho Matsuo, Nobuyuki Yuasa · 1966
Oku no hosomichiBasho Matsuo, Hamilton Basso · 1968
SilenceShūsaku Endō · 1993
Umi to dokuyakuShūsaku Endō · 1972
Four major plays of ChikamatsuChikamatsu, Monzaemon · 1961
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