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China developing stealth drones to evade anti-aircraft missiles
Reuters | Mar 9, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
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BEIJING: China's largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said on Thursday, in another advance for the country's ambitious military modernisation programme.
"Drones have become an indispensable weapon in modern warfare because they can play an important role in high-resolution reconnaissance, long-distance precision strikes, anti-submarine operations and aerial combat," Wei Yiyin, deputy general manager of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, told the English language newspaper.
Insisting it has no hostile intent, China is investing billions of dollars to update ageing equipment and develop new weapons, including stealth fighters and aircraft carriers.
Its heavy defence spending, however, has unnerved a region already on guard over Beijing's more assertive approach to disputes in the South and East China Seasand over self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as a wayward province.
Wei told the newspaper his company was also developing near-space and long-range endurance drones.
The paper described China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp as the country's sole producer of cruise missiles, and said the drones also resembled cruise missiles.
China has stepped up research into military drones, hoping to take market share from the United States and Israel with its cheaper technology and willingness to sell to countries that Western states are reluctant to deal with.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ti-aircraft-missiles/articleshow/57550122.cms
Reuters | Mar 9, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
HIGHLIGHTS
- China is investing billions of dollars to develop new weapons.
- China is building stealth fighters and aircraft carriers.
- Its defence budget has been rising steadily over the years.
Representative picture.
BEIJING: China's largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said on Thursday, in another advance for the country's ambitious military modernisation programme.
"Drones have become an indispensable weapon in modern warfare because they can play an important role in high-resolution reconnaissance, long-distance precision strikes, anti-submarine operations and aerial combat," Wei Yiyin, deputy general manager of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, told the English language newspaper.
Insisting it has no hostile intent, China is investing billions of dollars to update ageing equipment and develop new weapons, including stealth fighters and aircraft carriers.
Its heavy defence spending, however, has unnerved a region already on guard over Beijing's more assertive approach to disputes in the South and East China Seasand over self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as a wayward province.
Wei told the newspaper his company was also developing near-space and long-range endurance drones.
The paper described China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp as the country's sole producer of cruise missiles, and said the drones also resembled cruise missiles.
China has stepped up research into military drones, hoping to take market share from the United States and Israel with its cheaper technology and willingness to sell to countries that Western states are reluctant to deal with.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ti-aircraft-missiles/articleshow/57550122.cms
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