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This is a list of unmanned aerial vehicles of China. Chinese companies are leaders in the global civilian drone industry and China is the second largest drone market in the world, after the United States. [1] [2] In late of 2010, there were more than a hundred Chinese UAV developers/manufacturers. [3]
Congressman Michael McCaul, Chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on December 17 that he believes some of the unidentified aircraft were 'spy drones' from China, based on reports that the Chinese government owns farmland in the vicinity of military bases throughout the U.S. [133] [134] [135] Other lawmakers and civilians proposed ...
Unmanned military aircraft of China (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Unmanned aerial vehicles of China" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
A model appeared at the 2006 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition. [5] The first flight has not occurred as of 2011. The drone conducted radar cross-section testing. [5] The WZ-7 entered serial production in 2015 to 2016. [2] A complete redesign of WZ-7 was observed in 2020 with the Chinese Air Force roundel.
A 2023 leak of classified U.S. government documents made public a January 2023 report by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) which stated that China has "almost certainly” established its first supersonic UAV unit operating the WZ-8 at Liu'an Airbase, in Dushan County, outside Lu'an.
6 August, 2019 A GNA Ilyushin Il-76TD cargo plane is destroyed in the ground on Misrata Airport by a LNA Wing Long drone. [19] [20] 17 October 2019, a LNA Wing Loong II combat drone is shot down in Misrata by a surface-air missile. [21] 27 January 2020, a LNA Wing Loong II combat drone is shot down near Misrata. [22]
Chinese WZ-8 at the 2022 Zhuhai Airshow.WZ-8 is air launched Supersonic-Hypersonic HALE reconnaissance and surveillance drone. An unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle , is an unarmed military UAV that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance ( ISTAR ). [ 1 ]
On 7 July an unidentified flying object was spotted above Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport near Hangzhou, China. The airport was closed down due to the sighting. [ 4 ] An investigation revealed no radar images, the purported images of the UFO were not taken near the airport and concluded that it may have been an aircraft, possibly military .