Chinese MALE, HALE (and rotary, small, suicide) UAV/UCAV thread

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by78 said:
Static model of CH-9.

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But as it seems, not only a static one, but also one in PLAAF colours

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Small drones have a role in warfare, that is not something I'm disputing.

What I am saying, is that small drones have a relatively limited role in high end warfare, and their effectiveness will be determined by the outcome of battles fought by higher end capabilities, so boasting about China's manufacturing of small drones does not have much consequence. At the minimum, they need to be weighted accurately to what they are actually able to achieve.
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In the event of a US-China conflict, I think it almost certain that Chinese weapons will be supplied to the Middle East.

Yes, small drones aren't that applicable to high end warfare. But in the Middle East, the Palestinians can certainly use large number of small drones against the occupying Israeli Army. Note this action will likely be popular with 90% of the global population.

China will have the spare production capacity to do this, given drone exports will be down.

A similar rationale applies to other sorts of weapons systems and munitions such as small rockets or larger drones/missiles etc

So the US will have to divert miltary resources to Israel. And if the US has to choose where to deploy scarce SAMs? I bet they will choose Israel over Taiwan or Japan for example.
 
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AndrewS said:
In the event of a US-China conflict, I think it almost certain that Chinese weapons will be supplied to the Middle East.

Yes, small drones aren't that applicable to high end warfare. But in the Middle East, the Palestinians can certainly use large number of small drones against the occupying Israeli Army. Note this action will likely be popular with 90% of the global population.

China will have the spare production capacity to do this, given drone exports will be down.

A similar rationale applies to other sorts of weapons systems and munitions such as small rockets or larger drones/missiles etc

So the US will have to divert miltary resources to Israel. And if the US has to choose where to deploy scarce SAMs? I bet they will choose Israel over Taiwan or Japan for example.
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You're reading too much into this garbage in garbage out article. Dominance in small drones does not preclude dominance in large drones. It's like saying because an army has great tanks it's going to have awful artillery. Wtf level American cope

Sure ofc if US attacks China and a country like for example Israel supports US aggression, it becomes a participant in the war.

Just look at the large drone posted above and that's your answer how the smallest swarm drones will get to the enemy invasion staging grounds, to Japan, to Philippines, over KMT strongholds in China etc etc.

It literally has a giant box called "hive module" idk how more explicit you can be.

An interesting thing that was seen in practical warfare experience in the last years is that fighters can easily hide among rubble, rubble only changes the terrain and in many ways creates new natural fortifications.

Potentially to mitigate this, one can air drop a cluster munition filled with small drones that use advanced navigation systems. The drones may be able to enter any open gaps into the enemy's fortification systems.


The drones on this video do not require a connection, their movement is coordinated by AI. In theory, they should be able to actively respond to changes in terrain. An enemy will doubtlessly close all the windows and entrances to his hideout, but regular glide bombs can open gaps in the buildings, and the drones can move in response to it.
 
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