China Reportedly Live-Fire Tests Exclusive QW-12 Missile System with Anti-Decoy Capabilities

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

New Chinese QW-12 road mobile air defenses reportedly destroyed helicopters, jets and cruise missiles in a recent live-fire test, a development which reportedly demonstrates new tactical and strategic Chinese military capability.
Certainly China is known to operate road mobile air defenses, yet the Chinese government-backed Global Times newspaper says the new QW-12 displayed an anti-decoy capability which “no foreign counterpart has ever shown.”

It does not seem clear what this claim means, or whether it is in fact true, but the Chinese newspaper article clearly hints at targeting technology able to “discern” or “discriminate” decoys from actual targets and in effect “counter” countermeasures.

QW-12 Missile 

“The QW-12 missile successfully shot down a specially designed target aircraft built to simulate an attack helicopter by mimicking its infrared signal,” the Global Times writes.

 “As the QW-12 missile was approaching, the aircraft released eight decoy flares that resemble the infrared signal of the target aircraft in an attempt to disorient the missile. However, the missile ignored the flares and hit the aircraft.”

Just what kind of discerning seeker technology could this be? Very little is likely known about this, however the claim that it has no equivalent around the world could be an ambitious characterization.