Indian accounts coping in advance.
Its looks like a good counter at first glance against decentralized and shoot and scoot S-400 features.
Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G)
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Its looks like a good counter at first glance against decentralized and shoot and scoot S-400 features.
Seems like CH-7 made some RCS tradeoffs in the design. Thought they could do a better job with the ventral antenna design.
From CCTV Weibo account. Cruising speed is mach0.5, 27.3m long wing and 8t MTOW and operating ceiling of 16000m.作为彩虹家族成员之一，彩虹-7无人机到底有啥特点？
彩虹-7外形科幻，和彩虹家族其他成员截然不同。它采用了独特的飞翼布局，翼身高度融合，从翼尖到机身后端分别安装有副翼、襟翼和锯齿形水平尾翼。这种尾翼被形象地称为“海狸尾”，它可以帮助飞机在低空飞行时抵消垂直阵风引起的颠簸，还可以缩短飞机起飞前的滑跑距离。![[话筒]](https://face.t.sinajs.cn/t4/appstyle/expression/ext/normal/48/2018new_huatong_org.png "[话筒]")
彩虹-7的发动机进气口位于机身上方，发动机尾喷管则采用半隐藏式设计。飞机外形光滑优美，整体设计简洁明快。再加上机体表面的隐身涂料，所有检修口盖、起落架舱盖和弹舱都进行了隐身处理，这些都让彩虹-7无人机具备了极好的低可探测性能。
彩虹-7无人机翼展27.3米，最大起飞重量8吨，巡航速度0.5马赫，实用升限约为16000米，飞行性能十分强大。
having optimized stealth from rear would give it better survivability when operating in the frontline, I would imagine.