Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G) thread

[mack8]

At least one of the UADFs has what appears to be doors closing what could be a IFR probe, i think there are pics of it somewhere here.

 

[SanWenYu]

Can any of the models do aerial refueling? That would be a desirable capability to have. It's difficult to tell just from casual inspection.

Without aerial refueling, these can only be launched from within the 1st IC, (even if these were navalized, they would still be constrained by deck space compared to launch from airbases + midair refuel), which would limit their deployment to areas where there is already a huge conventional capability overmatch.

Someone did spot a hatch on the back of one of these drones and it looks like for covering a refuelling probe. But I don't remember if it is in this thread.

 

[mack8]

It's on Type A, on the top, slightly offset to the right, roughly in line with the intakes. It can be seen in one of the higher-res pics.

 

[drowingfish]

If all of these UADF types are deployable on ships, then i wonder if they or their technological ancestors were already under testing when 076 was conceived. I was confused about what they wanted to do with 076, but it all makes sense now if these aircrafts can be deployed onboard.