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Members of the PLA drone brigade are former pilots with the air force. Photo: PLA Daily

PLA drone brigade brushes up skills in Xinjiang ‘war game’
Veteran PLA pilots 'fly' cutting edge drones on game-pad like consoles and launch missiles for decapitation strikes
By ASIA TIMES STAFF NOVEMBER 27, 2017 4:33 PM (UTC+8)

The first drone brigade of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force has just wrapped up a missile drill last week in northwestern China.

The night drill is believed to be a first for the three-year-old brigade, which involved miniaturized missiles, Wing Loong drones, plus highly maneuverable Yunying stealth drones, which appeared at the Dubai Airshow earlier this month.

Laser-guided missiles fired from these drones are intended for precise decapitation strikes.

Chinese news portal Sina says in a separate report that a Yunying drone can carry up to six missiles on its wings, which makes it much easier to detect but enables it to immediately attack any targets it finds.


A PLA pilot steers a drone from a console. Photo: PLA Daily
The operators of the attack drones were selected from veteran pilots with up to 30 years’ experience. They must sit for computer game-like tests and undergo a background check before being briefed on the classified specifications of the Yunying drone series, PLA Daily reported Sunday.

The drill was rumoured to have taken place in central Xinjiang.

The operators steer drones from gamepad-like consoles with CCTV livestream and hit a red button to fire missiles after inputting flight parameters and the coordinates of a target, in a system deeply integrated with China’s indigenous BeiDou positioning network.

It’s the first time that Chinese state media has confirmed details about its drone unit.

Observers believe that, other than relying on the state-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China, developer of the ace Yunying strike drones, the Chinese military has also drawn talent from private manufacturers such as the Shenzhen-based DJI, a firm that enjoys a stranglehold on drone manufacturing and software engineering.

Here is the YUnying UAV

China showcases powerful Yunying combat drones
The new generation of attack drones just made their international debut in Dubai

By ASIA TIMES STAFF NOVEMBER 14, 2017 4:55 PM (UTC+8)
A new generation of China-made combat drones have made their international debut at the Dubai Airshow, in a pitch for global orders as the producer, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), brags that Chinese aerial-photography vehicles are not only capable of capturing stunning images and videos of things on the ground, but that its militarized drones are also able to attack and destroy them.

The Yunying stealth drones are being marketed as the pinnacle of AVIC’s research and development capabilities, aimed at tapping the buoyant demand for attack drones from militaries worldwide.

Measuring 9 meters in length and 17 meters in wingspan and with normal takeoff weight rumored to be 3 tons, the Yunying prototypes on display at the airshow appear larger than a compact plane in size, comparable to a helicopter.


A Yunying drone prototype seen at the Zhuhai Airshow earlier this year. Photo: Tencent
These drones can ascend higher and beyond the reach of most surface-to-air missiles thanks to powerful, turbo engines, and can gather intel or launch attacks against targets on land or in the sea from a high altitude, Global Times reports, quoting an AVIC technician.

Three types are available. Yunying 1, equipped with ultra-high-resolution long-range optic cameras as well as synthetic aperture radar, is capable of scanning and imaging 10,000 square kilometers per hour from an altitude of 13km, while full-band radar signal sensors and cellular network sensors on Yunying 2 can pinpoint all surface radar and communication devices within a radius of 400km and 200km respectively. Both models can proactively make sharp changes in flight trajectory.

Yunying 3, a highly maneuverable target drone, is the ace of the product line, packed with all the features of the above reconnaissance models, plus enhanced airborne attack systems that can destroy targets 50km away, according to AVIC.


Ying Ji missiles are displayed alongside a Yunying drone. Photo: People’s Daily
Photos from the airshow indicate Yunying 3 is able to carry China’s Ying Ji-9E anti-ship missiles.

Chinese news portal Sina says in a separate report that Yunying 3 can carry up to six missiles on its wings, which makes it much easier to detect but enables it to attack the targets it finds immediately.

All Yunying drones may coordinate with each other in combat through data links to enable others including the reconnaissance attack version to attack the targets they find.

All Yunying drones are manufactured by AVIC’s Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, a specialist in jet-fighter R&D in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.

Global Times reveals that “a dozen” overseas clients and foreign defense ministries have indicated interest, though the newspaper doesn’t specify who these prospective buyers might be.

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THE REPORT

Members of the PLA drone brigade are former pilots with the air force. Photo: PLA Daily

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China first UAV brigade

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Nothing new exist yet a Brigade 178th to Malan/Uxxaktal use Pterodactyl and Wing Loong I based close Urumqi to Xinjiang possile the same
I see the Wing Loon I appear there in 2011 !

Navy have sure... two on BZK-005
i don't talk for small toys ofc

The night drill is believed to be a first for the three-year-old brigade, which involved miniaturized missiles, Wing Loong drones, plus highly maneuverable Yunying stealth drones, which appeared at the Dubai Airshow earlier this month.

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178th Bde to Malan/Uxxaktal use Pterodactyl and Wing Loong I close Urumqi to Xinjiang

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Also a J-7 Rgt based there

As I said before they intend to use it in high plateau Tibet Apparently for this test they reduce the weight. A better more streamline and more stealthy model is in pipeline
AV500W military helidrone completes high altitude test fire
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After breaking the Chinese high altitude record a month ago with its AV500 civilian helicopter drone , the Chinese helicopter designer China Helicopter Research and Development Institute (CHRDI) has also completed a new campaign , of test shots for its AV500W military helidrone .

The peculiarity of these tests, which took place on November 18th, at the base of the Golmud experimental tests in Qinghai province, is that they were conducted at more than 4,300 meters of altitude. The rotary wing drone first carried out armed flights in air-to-surface missiles, before firing them.

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, the small laser-guided missile launched by the AV500W hit its target "with precision", and it is the first high-altitude military helidrone fired in China. The test results show that the AV500 and its military version AV500W are both capable of performing high altitude reconnaissance or strike missions such as the Tibetan Plateau.







Presented for the first time in November 2016 at the Zhuhai Air Show, the AV500W had already attracted the attention of several potential prospects, including for example two Saudi delegations, the ADASI company of the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates as well as the intelligence services of Namibia and Malawi.

The figures published by the Chinese manufacturer shows that the MTOW of the AV500W was reduced by being off at Golmud, from 500 kg to 430 kg, a loss of 14% due to the particular conditions of takeoff at high altitude. The maximum speed of the drone, however, remained unchanged at 170 km / h, for a range of four hours in flight.

Note that a "modernized" version of AV500W is currently under development. It has a "fairing" reworked to potentially offer a better stealth compared to the current version.

FORBIN said:

ISIS... and for Delft

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More gibberish from you. Now China apparently arms ISIS directly with drones.

ougoah said:

More gibberish from you. Now China apparently arms ISIS directly with drones.

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Hahaha ROFL i laugh of you UAV attack ISIS your idiot dude

Stop quote me and let's military things better for you Watch animals

ougoah said:

oh dear. I wonder how much the fumes from the toilets you clean have damaged your brain. Or maybe you were just born a moron.

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I can say you are but i don't . But rude and impolite and anti-western sure !!!
Seriusly you have 0 military knowledge Iraq have buy UAV for Attack ISIS

Stop quote me good da children fortunately i have better content

FORBIN said:

I can say you are but i don't .
Seriusly you have 0 military knowledge Iraq have buy UAV for Attack ISIS

Stop quote me good day..

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Mr. Idiot. You said China armed "bad guys" ISIS etc..... learn English or stop pretending to be correct.

Everyone else read your statement as China arms ME with drones. You also inferred that ME are "bad guys". All your doing because of your pathetic English skills. Stop posting rubbish no one understands. You have called myself and many others idiots from the start of any discussion with you. You are the real idiot. I am a senior structural engineer. With some but admittedly not a lot of military knowledge. Still enough intelligence to embarrass you in my sleep. Good day bozo.

ougoah said:

Mr. Idiot. You said China armed "bad guys" ISIS etc..... learn English or stop pretending to be correct.

Everyone else read your statement as China arms ME with drones. You also inferred that ME are "bad guys". All your doing because of your pathetic English skills. Stop posting rubbish no one understands. You have called myself and many others idiots from the start of any discussion with you. You are the real idiot. I am a senior structural engineer. With some but admittedly not a lot of military knowledge. Still enough intelligence to embarrass you in my sleep. Good day bozo.

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All you don' undestand and can be good apologies as you have yet doo you post too much and you don't see all...

"good armed UAVs for bad guys on demand "= Chinese UAV for attack ISIS and for Delft member which have immediately undestand the joke

And now you stop quote me... actually you troll and i have sadly reported

FORBIN said:

But Chinese do good armed UAVs for bad guys on demand in M-E the true bad guy...

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ougoah said:

What are you actually trying to say? Is it that Arab people are all automatically "bad" by your personal standards? Honestly I don't know how some of your posts are not flagged and deleted more often. Few actually understand what you are trying to say and most people just ignore you to give you the illusion that your statements are validated. As soon as people had enough and point things out, you take that as an offence and attack on you.

Please explain more thoroughly what you mean by the statement I quoted. As far as we know, the drones sold to ME nations are to recognized governments. Just because you don't like these governments or people does not make them the "true bad guy". I hope France isn't filled with people like you, always separating others and making them feel left out. An enforced Arab apartheid by French governments in the past is partly responsible for the high levels of radicalisation.

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ougoah said:

Oh dear. I forgot. Parts of my comment above will soon be considered anti-west and anti-christian by some members. Please forgive me.

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