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BEIJING (PTI): Eyeing export markets, China has displayed its "entire air defence arsenal", including systems that were not so far shown, at the ongoing Air Show in its Guangdong Province.
"Offering unprecedented openness, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) showcased the FD-2000 and LY-80, export versions of the domestic HQ-9 (Red Flag-9) long range and HQ-16 mid-range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) systems used by the People's Liberation Army," state-run Global Times reported on Friday.
"The LY-80 is excellent in engaging aircraft and missiles flying at all altitudes. Its minimum interception altitude is only 15 metres, while the domestic-use version can hit targets flying even lower," Zong Wenbo, Vice Dean of CASTC's Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, said.
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