OVERVIEW: PL-15E aka CH-AA-10 ABADDON is an active radar-guided, very long-range, air-to-air missile (VLRAAM). 

DETAILS: The PL-15 is outfitted with an electronically scanned array (AESA) radar seeker and a dual pulse rocket motor, making the PL-15 a serious threat to high-value aerial targets such as tankers and AEW&C aircraft.    

Before launch, PL-15 must obtain the target information via datalink from an AEW&C plane; a land-based long-range radar system or a satellite. At launch, the PL-15 flies a semi-ballistic trajectory  cruising at approximately 30 km altitude to achieve extra-long range. After the initial ascent stage, the missile uses Beidou / GPS+INS+datalink guidance during mid-course cruising. It can also use its jam-resistant two-way datalink to receive course corrections from AEW&C aircraft, allowing the launching platform to remain in EMCON.  The missile can use both active and passive modes for autonomous terminal radar homing. It also features enhanced ECCM capability.

At the terminal diving stage and in combination with the AESA seeker, the missile may also use an IIR (imaging infrared) seeker to increase its kill probability despite severe jamming.

Specifications:
 
Weight: 		 	210 kg 
Length: 		 	3.996 m 
Diameter: 		 0.203 m (missile)  
Wingspan: 		? m 
Speed:			 Mach 4+
Range:			 78 nm (145 km)
Kill probability:	 	??

NOTES: IOC 2015-17 (approx.)   Carried by the J-10C,  J-16 and  J-20. 

SOURCES:"New Chinese PL-15 Missile is Designed to Destroy US Air Force Aerial Tankers : Science : Chinatopix." Chinatopix. Accessed September 14, 2017. http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/113282/20170409/new-chinese-pl-15-missile-designed-destroy-air-force-aerial.htm.; Wood, Peter; Yang, David; Cliff, Roger "Air-to-Air Missiles: Capabilities and Development in China" (November 2020), pg. 31 https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/documents/Research/Infrastructure/2020-11-%2030%20Air-to-Air%20Missiles%20and%20Guidance%20Systems.pdf;
