China has recently developed a brand new low-cost "suicide drone" that is said to be dispatched in a sort of swarm in order to attack the given target, this was accoridng to the mainland media's reports.
People's Liberation Army insider leaks information
According to an article by the South China Morning Post, it was actually commissioned particularly as part of the government's very own military-civilian fusion strategy. The information was obtained by a particular People's Liberation Army insider who actually requested anonymity. The policy particularly seeks to eventually boost certain military development along with both the civilian as well as the private sector support.
A swarm of these fixed-wing and unmanned aerial vehicles was already tested some time last month by its developer, a known research institute that works under the state-owned company, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, according to the known video that was released by the company.
Kamikaze drones captured in video
The particular video showed certain kamikaze drones that were launched from a seen light tactical vehicle straight from helicopters. The company has actually carried certain similar tests some time before.
Back in November 2017, its own research institute known as the China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology proceeded to carry out what was believed to be its biggest experiment yet which included the use of 200 small fixed-wing aircrafts.
Seen in the video are multiple drones being fired straight from a particular launcher that is mounted on the very back of a known modified version of the popular PLA's Dongfeng Mengshi which is a light tactical vehicle and on at least two that were shot from helicopters.
These unmanned aircrafts actually appear to be quite similar to the known CH-901, which was China's very first tactical attack drone as well as part of the known series developed by the particular state-owned company.
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The previous drones were able to go up to 93 mph
According to an article by Futurism, the CH-901 drone is said to be only 1.2 meters or 3.9ft long and weighs just about 20 pounds or just about 9 kilos. The drones, however, can actually spend up to 2 hours in the air and even head straight towards a target at a powerful speed of 93 mph or 150km/h just before it detonates.
Although details were not given by the military insider regarding which type of drones were previously put to the test just last month, it was said that China improved the drone technology that was previously developed back in 2012 and they are trying to now integrate them with the brand new hardware.
Both the known US media and Chinese media reports have actually suggested that the PLA might already be in the process of using the suicide drones, but the given insider actually said that they are still experiencing a technical issue that is in the process of being fixed.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
