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.
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.
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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ATimes showing their bias always phrasing in the pejorative. "Brags" huh? As if they’re suppose to be humble when trying to advertise. The US is vastly better tho and doesn’t have to "brag" because we have a proven track record, we don’t need to say "Our drones are the best and are constantly refined and improved thru real live kills of hundreds of thousands of people having dropped 26000+ bombs on seven countries last year alone! Our competitors don’t even come close!"
i don’t think there is any wrong doing in this ad marc gunn, in Africa we can’t afford US military hardware because it’s so expensive and sophisticated and therefore we buy chinese and eastern european military equipment. Another thing china is in the process of advancing it’s everything and soon it will catchup with you guys. if these ads are fake, then buyers will adopt other military hardware like what Saudi Arabia and turkey have done. They bought Russia’s s 400 air defenses because of their abilities compared to the ones America can offer. Thanks very much, we need a competitive world as the mechanism to bring development. IF anyone wants organic foodstuffs , visit Africa and Uganda and south sudan in particular. for guns , its whiteman countries. thanks very much
I agree with you. I was simply saying ATimes phrases anything the chinese do as bad ("brag" is generally a bad thing to do) when in reality the chinese weren’t bragging any more than anyoone else but trying to highlight and sell whatever product they’ve got. The author shows bias.
Marc Gunn thanks for this observation, in south sudan and uganda , we buy and advertise our products first no matter their poor quality because they are the ones we have, so we buy ugandan or south sudanese. am a south sudanese-ugandan and thats why i promote both countries, good health to to you marc gunn
> 15 Nov 2017
China is catching up fast with science and technology
What it needs more is to learn how to liberalise its
Political Humanity and Social culture to catch up with
the rest of the Free and Open societies
Hope that it will keep PEACE FAIR and JUST foremost
in its mindset and learn to RESPECT others on equal
terms
GOD BLESS ALL PEACE LOVERS
.
That’s right Marc Gunn, the USA has indeed killed thousands of people with its military hardware. Hardly a fact to ‘brag’ about, right? But, then again, we’re talking about the USA, who doesn’t give a shit about killing people, whether they’re innocent or not. People are just colateral to them.
China does as it pleases because it does not have to please people living in other cultures with different traditions. People just don’t get that.
> 16 Nov 2017
John Sampson
Well fair enough BUT
Please keep its Thoughts and Ways unto itself
For its Thoughts may not be our Thoughts
And its Ways may not be our Ways
AND
Hope that it will keep PEACE FAIR and JUST foremost
in its mindset and learn to RESPECT others of their
FREEDOM and RIGHTS
RESPECT others
Not on China terms nor on its whims and fancies
GOD BLESS ALL PEACE LOVERS
.
Jimmy Fivon Yeo well said …
Jimmy Fivon Yeo do you use the same standards and the same arguments for countries like the USA, which invades with impunity, and kills thousands of innocent people? And them lables them as colateral? Think about, if what you want is a fair situation in the world. How many countries has China invaded in the last 30 years, and how many foreigners have they killed? And, on the otherhand, how many has the USA invaded, and how many have they killed, and are still killing. Your sentiments make no sense at all, if what you want is a FAIR and level field. You cannot be a selective moralist, and if you are, then you’re a hypocrite. Are you!
> 16 Nov 2017
John Sampson
History of China is longer than 30 years
IF You have understood well of the Chinese and have learnt a
little bit more about their endless warring history you wouldnt
have said such words in the first place
Even when it was poor and weak they still think of nothing but
MENACES
For example
As late as in the 1960s China was encouraging and sponsoring
underground activists in SE Asia to use violence to overthrow
their legitimate governments
Now
It thinks it is rich strong and powerful
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL FOLLOW
Peace and Prosperity Fairness and Righteouness and Justice
and all other moral human obligations
Well
I hope so
Americans are no angels
Their forefathers killed lots of the native Red Indians
They imported Africans and treated them very badly as slaves
UNTIL
Their GOD given conscience awakened them to restore
Humanity Righteousness and Justice
AND
Realise that they must Defend the Weak and Protect the Defenceless
Not only within America but also the rest of the World
Thats where they make lots of
Miscalculations Misunderstanding Misjudgement and Mistakes
Evolved over time
The Americans moral standard has slided very badly
Their society is very wicked and poisonous now
Very sad indeed
Left me only to plead
GOD BLESS AMERICA & ALL PEACE LOVERS
.
> 16 Nov 2017
John Sampson
Just to share a little open secret with you
WAR is considered as one of the American industries
Without WAR America economy will suffer gravely
.
Boying Manuel who is a terrorist? Is there a worst terrorist in this universe than America? Even internally, can you count the number of innocent souls that have been taken by your own racist psychos?
China do not have to comply the west .your freedom is based on tricks lies and manipulation and .Power and privilege is for the wealthy.and poor people children go and fight wars so that the wealthy get their hands on the wealth of other countries
I don’t know why whiteman think he is the ‘epitome’ of civilization.. civilization exists in the west only .. in East it is still the Stone age.. wake up.. we don’t need your values and your free world here.. we have our own culture and values and we are very happy with it.
At fore front all talks of peace and harmony in the world, but sadly beind their back door, they are all making these deadly weapons. Unfortunately, if the oppressive regime china gets all these technical knowhow, they would become more oppressive and the end result world be tragic, kill and get killed, meaning destruction of this world.
Michael Collins Negroe Snr why russia and China has no proven track record? why there is Taiwan? what was done by lenin during the purgingduring lenin.. what about chechenya and balh blah.. hey i have yet to see an american plane shod down by thw russian plane. problem with you guys your analysis is all biased he he
Boying Manuel and do not need Russian planes to take off your American when we were bombarding us when you took us with ancient equipment your 2 invisible f117 so imagine what you would do if we had what to defend with !!! and I believe that the Russian airplane would take away the American = D without any problems
@ Boying Manuel. Maybe what you call "Hiding behind Civilians" is what they call Living their lives. You see, if the Americans sent them a Telegram saying " I am coming to Bomb your house this Afternoon between 4 PM and 5 PM". Then the Taliban would know what time to be Home to recieve their Bomb. I gather that Americans dont say when they are coming to Bomb you, "so the Family is at home, the Inlaws are there too. You might be having a Wedding party or just a common Birthday party when the Bombs come. Of course the Americans say you are Hiding behind Civilians. Imagine that.
Chinese always happy to hear American feel comfortable with Chinese progress militarily.
Errol Lawson USA does not write a letter to anyone. It attacked Iraq in the name of WMDs and killed half a million people and the entire country. It destroyed Libya and Afghanistan in the name of terror after the inside job of 9/11. The total number of people killed in these countries exceed 1.5 million. so Why would this REAL TERRORIST care about collateral damage when it does not care about millions for the sake of oil and money of others.
Chee Sheong Lee is this an irony?
Jimmy Fivon Yeo , So? You need to decide for yourself about the morality involved here.
Jimmy Fivon Yeo And, should the USA keep it’s thoughts to itself? Seems to be that you have a rationalised moral/ethical stand. I point at the USA for the simple fact that it is a nuclear-armed super power that could cause enormous harm to the rest of the world, and it’s rhetoric is not reassuring at all.
International politics are not characterised by fairnerss, the desire for peace, justice, or democracy. It is all about the manipulation of situations and the role of allies in order to bring about the desired effects, which are not necessarilly in the interests of human beings or human rights. Nothing about international politics is reassuring, and no one occupies the moral highground. That is the sad reality of the current state of the world post WW2. You can unpack the foreign policy of any country to-day and nothing is based on concerns for the world at large, or the well-being of human beings. People can rationalise their arguments until they are blue in the face, but that is just a fact of contemporary life wherever you wish to focus.
Boying Manuel
Please explain why US drones are unable to spot and destroy opium fields. Opium production has tripled in Afghanistan and there is an opiate edidemic in USA killing tens of thousands of innocent Americans
Michael Collins Negroe Snr perhaps you missed the sarcasm of his post…
> 25 Nov 2017
Ken Nguyen
Thats good
Thats what the World is looking forward to
AND
That China will also put in practise
RIGHTEOUNESS in conscience
JUSTICE in humanity
PROSPER thy neighbours
FAIR in all deals
PEACE without violence
Above all
RESPECT for all others
GOD BLESS ALL PEACE LOVERS
.
Most of them bombs fell on civilian citizens; women, children and the disabled.
Shares an uncanny resemblance to the Predator
First of all China is all about business while America is about creating an advance defense system a money can buy to protect American freedom . America’s first advanced stealth fighters were developed back in the early 50’s while China just recently developed theres. China is essentially 50 years behind. How can you compare the technology of both countries ? Logic is required.