The PL-12, called Pili-12 in Chinese and meaning Thunderbolt-12, is an active radar-guided, beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by the People's Republic of China. NATO assigns it the reporting name CH-AA-7 Adze. It is a medium-range weapon that homes on its target with its own radar seeker and is launched from aircraft, which lets the pilot fire and then turn away. Reference works compare it with the American AIM-120 AMRAAM and the Russian R-77. Published figures give it a launch weight of about 180 kilograms, a speed above Mach 4 and a range of roughly 70 to 100 kilometres. Its listed service dates from 2005 with the People's Liberation Army Air Force, and it has also been associated with Chinese naval aviation and export customers. The PL-15 is its successor.
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is an active radar-guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by the People's Republic of China
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The missile entered People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) service in 2005.
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service = 2005-present
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Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air BVR missile
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