Chinese UCAV/CCA/Loyal Wingman (sensor, A2A and A2G) thread
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No, because as of now CH-7 hasn't even got its first flight.
China will not directly fly over the Philippines, it doesn't provide a tangible benefit and only gives risks of giving away signatures.
The author is simply a nationalist retard, claiming a RQ-180 flying over Philippines is "operational near China" is like claiming a Su-57 over flying Moscow is "operational near Ramstein".
Hyping up something that would be quite trivially detected and counteracted by a whole family of systems if it actually came close to Chinese airspace.
Awhile ago there was a paper about larger UAVs that carries detachable UAVs sort of conformally behind the trailing edge of it's flying wing design.
I'm thinking, since UAV requires no on-board pilot, a scenario of replacing lost UAVs on a, say, type076 in conflict zone may simply involve a large UAV mother plane carrying 2 of the required UAVs ferrying from the rear of the line, then at a safe distance set the smaller UAV's free where they can then proceed on their own to land on the 076. After rearming and refueling they can then be sent into action under command of the 076.
They may even swap planes as needed for different mission profiles. There just needs to be large UAVs to carry over the ferrying in the middle of the link between rear ground base and the strike group.
This is for the case where the strike group is too faraway for the smaller UAVs range.
I'm thinking, since UAV requires no on-board pilot, a scenario of replacing lost UAVs on a, say, type076 in conflict zone may simply involve a large UAV mother plane carrying 2 of the required UAVs ferrying from the rear of the line, then at a safe distance set the smaller UAV's free where they can then proceed on their own to land on the 076. After rearming and refueling they can then be sent into action under command of the 076.
They may even swap planes as needed for different mission profiles. There just needs to be large UAVs to carry over the ferrying in the middle of the link between rear ground base and the strike group.
This is for the case where the strike group is too faraway for the smaller UAVs range.
AssassinsMace
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How about it wasn't flying over the Philippines...? Think like a American. There was an article I read about a previous Zhuhai airshow that actually said the J-20 wasn't stealthy because you can hear the engines. Well here someone spotted it in flight and took a picture... It ain't stealthy. Look at that "smoke" trail. It's David Axe. Remember how he was butthurt over Chinese people crowding around CAC cheering with pride the first flight of the J-20. Axe spun that as Chinese people inadvertently were spies giving intel for the US. Americans are upset at what was shown at Zhuhai this year. A lot of copium articles showing up. No more assumptions that they're only on paper anymore.
According to the CASC Rainbow personnel, the CH-7 is a tactical-level (战术级) V/ULO reconnaissance UAV, with the explicit purposes of battlefield ISTAR. It is no way meant to be a mini-H-20 as it has no weapons bay.
Posted by @沉默的山羊 on Weibo.
Hopefully China will operate strategic-level, V/ULO ISTAR UAVs (e.g. counterpart to RQ-180) and also mini-H-20 UCAVs in the future.
Posted by @沉默的山羊 on Weibo.
Hopefully China will operate strategic-level, V/ULO ISTAR UAVs (e.g. counterpart to RQ-180) and also mini-H-20 UCAVs in the future.
So Shilao and 席亚洲 said the prototype didn't have an IWB. They mentioned in their podcast that "well you see all these weapons displayed... maybe depending on what the customer needs, everything can be flexible". I would conclude that this is purposed for ISTAR but also leave an open mind.
what sensor is it using then? using radar kind of negates the purpose of stealth since as soon as you open up the enemy will know