Chinese UAV/UCAV development

GreenestGDP said:

The price of US Predator is 40x times more expensive than PRC Wing Loong.
Let's say US General Atomics is very kind and never overcharge their Saudi and Gulf State customers.

What about Total Cost of Ownership for US Predator ?
Total Cost of Ownership + Maintenance = USD 80 million ??

So it MUST means that US Predator is at minimum -- 40x times more Reliable & Deadlier than PRC Wing Loong.

I guess US General Atomics believes Saudi and Gulf State buyers are always that stupid to buy their USD 80 million drones.

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Especially in light in recent oil price plummets.

GreenestGDP said:

The price of US Predator is 40x times more expensive than PRC Wing Loong.
Let's say US General Atomics is very kind and never overcharge their Saudi and Gulf State customers.

What about Total Cost of Ownership for US Predator ?
Total Cost of Ownership + Maintenance = USD 80 million ??

So it MUST means that US Predator is at minimum -- 40x times more Reliable & Deadlier than PRC Wing Loong.

I guess US General Atomics believes Saudi and Gulf State buyers are always that stupid to buy their USD 80 million drones.

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Remember the 1990s, when brand name PCs are 10X more expensive than clone PCs? Well,.. brand name PC eventually reduced their prices comparable to clones. When you actually think about it, why do you need a 10X priced IBM that can probably last 5 years vs a cheap clone that will last you 3 years. And, knowing that you will most probably use less than 10% of the capability of the PC throughout its whole usable life.

Sometimes, some corporations make us buy their overprice products with features that we hardly use and they make tons of money out of it. Gone are the days of 1950s when US corporations make only 5 to 10% profits. Present Chinese corporations make paper thin profit margins and they are kicking US butt using long gone sensible US corporation business practices.

Just my 2 cents.

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samawat said:

Posted, a day later after the previous video :

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I like how you can see the actual bomb/missile in the IR footage.

Seems like the Iraqi Army is on a roll with the CH-4!

Iragis on a role with CH 4, waiting for CH 5 featuring serious bomb/ missile load

Cant wait to see that turboprop shark adopted in any airforce

Btw, its peculiar, how missile path can be clearly monitored at night

These videos are really stirring the pot.

By the way ... do we have a side profile - either drawing or a good clear image - of the CASIC CH-4B ?

Big VBIED neutralized at 0:37 :

samawat said:

Big VBIED neutralized at 0:37 :

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Especially loved how it picked the cars off from their bunkers/garages at the end.

siegecrossbow said:

Especially loved how it picked the cars off from their bunkers/garages at the end.

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Hard to tell if the shot at 1:29 was a hit. The flash looked like it was on the ground behind the car and can't see past the dust cloud afterwards.