2025 Victory Day parade thread (workup, 3rd Sept)
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Looks to be another CCA-type UCAV.
This might be a hypersonic recon drone/successor to the WZ-7.
Chinese satellites saw the hypersonic aircraft prop for Top Gun: Maverick and thought that it was a real project. The rest is history.
Apparently they are playing it safe this time, so all stuff displayed is in service, fully operational and in production. Hence alot of the "cooler" stuff was not shown.
Hopefully no more GJ-11 cases where it was delivered to the PLAAF by the time of the parade but stayed in OT&E hell for years afterward. Personally I feel like GJ-11 should have laid the stepping stone for high autonomy drones hence everything afterward could use the general architecture of the software/training, speeding up induction of newer CCAs.
AssassinsMace
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Looks like maybe the finalized version of the Dark Sword.
Since these new platforms are in operational mode, is it safe to say that China is 1 or 2 generation ahead of US in CCA, UCAV, and hypersonic missile?
US dont have an operational hypersonic missile and CCA yet. I think they are still testing their demonstrator.
US dont have an operational hypersonic missile and CCA yet. I think they are still testing their demonstrator.
It's not possible to say it for certain. The PLA has managed to keep a lot of their new toys out of public eye. There is no reason to think the US could not do the same with whatever they've got hidden. Only time and/or a major conflict will tell the truth. But the indicators do point towards US lagging behind at least somewhat imo.