Chinese Weapon Exports

[Deino]

But IMO that's clearly a not a Wing Loong, but more a CH-4 with a different "heard" similar to the CH-5.

Just look at the air intake under the rear, the tail fins are more vertically and the chine more pronounced.

Looks IMO like a custom-made version of the CH-4.

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PS: here is alos says the same:

https://twitter.com/x/status/824831989677035520

Like I said ... it's a modified CH-4 !!

 

[Incog_nito]

With the presence of Anti Tank weapons, UCAVs, and other Anti Tank weapons - there won't be any expensive tanks out there...

 

[52051]

For african warlords who still fight wars with spears, even such weapons could be considered overkill.

One of my classmate who is now a salesman of China Norinco export in one africa country, he told me armed force there actually prefer T-54/55 Type-59 and other low tech weapons over more advanced versions, not just because it is cheaper, but also because it take much less efforts to train their soldiers to use them, and their opponents are just as ill equiped as themselves so advanced MBT make little difference in battlefield than T-54/55.

 

[damiendehorn]

300 millions USD for 300 UAV, that's a very good deal. With these money, Saudi only can buy 10 units USAAF predator UAV. The main problem is that USA didn't agree to sell KSA the UAV, while China is willing to support KSA in it's tough time.

Damn that is a good deal. Hope BD gets similar consideration too.

 

[cnleio]

China CH-4 UAV sold to Saudi

 

[帅的一匹]

If one day our UAV can carry anti ship missle，wow!

 

[cnleio]

If one day our UAV can carry anti ship missle，wow!

Sure ... China "Could Shadow" UAV can carry YJ anti-ship missile, displayed on 2016 ZhuHai AirShow

YJ-9E is one smaller anti-ship missile, usually carried by Navy helicopter.

Next years, UAVs from China can export to foreign military force

Wing Long-I UAV

Could Shadow UAV

CH-5 UAV

Wing Long-II UAV

 

[cnleio]

CH-4 in Saudi

 

[Deino]

China CH-4 UAV sold to Saudi

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So this confirmed that Saudi Arabia does in fact uses CH instead of Wing Loongs as reported previously or do they operate both ?

 

[razgriz19]

So this confirmed that Saudi Arabia does in fact uses CH instead of Wing Loongs as reported previously or do they operate both ?

Since they're dirt cheap, i wouldn't be surprised if both systems are in service

 

[cirr]

China to sell new short-range missiles to foreign countries for anti-terror ops

WORLD Updated: Feb 03, 2017 13:31 IST

PTI, Beijing

In this Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a missile is launched from a guided-missile destroyer during a live ammunition drill in the East China Sea. (AP Photo)

China plans to sell to foreign countries its new short-range air-to-surface missile which can be mounted on drones and is designed for anti-terrorism operations.

The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, the country’s largest military drone exporter by number of products sold overseas, said it recently conducted live-fire tests on the AR-2 short-range air-to-surface missile in northwestern China.

The AR-2 is seen as tough competition for US, French and Israeli missiles, state-run China Daily reported on Friday.

With a weight of about 20 kilograms and a 5 kilograms warhead, an AR-2 has a maximum range of 8 kms and a top speed of 735 kms per hour. It is effective against personnel, armoured cars, houses or bunkers, its designers said.

A CH-4 reconnaissance/combat drone was used in the tests, though the missile can also be mounted on other CH drones, officials said.

The academy’s CH-series drones have been sold to military users in over 10 countries, it said. The missile also can be carried by Chinese attack helicopters and other unmanned aircraft after minor technical modifications, they said.

Zeng Like, project manager for the AR-2, said that the academy hopes to win market share from the United States’ AGM-114 Hellfire, widely used in the 1990s and 2000s.

At least 29 nations, including Australia, France and South Korea, deploy the Hellfire.

“There are a lot of counter-terrorism operations and low-intensity conflicts in the world that create a huge demand for low-cost, high-efficiency weapons to hit cars or light-duty, armored vehicles,” he said.

“We believe that most ground targets designated for drones are soft targets or lightly armoured vehicles, so using a heavier missile such as the AGM-114 Hellfire for such operations is a waste,” Like said.

Smaller, cheaper missiles like the AR-2 are powerful enough to handle those targets, and their lighter weight enables a drone to carry more missiles, Zeng said.

The AR-2’s biggest competitors are the US’ AGM-176 Griffin, currently the best-selling lightweight precision-strike weapon, France’s Lightweight Multirole Missile and Israel’s Whip Shot missile, he said.

But, Zeng said, “the AR-2 features strong capabilities and a lower price, so we are positive it will have good market prospects”.

The academy also said trainees from one of its foreign clients performed a test in which four CH drones were networked to perform as a fleet. It however has not named the foreign client. Ground controllers from the unnamed foreign nation who were trained at the academy guided four CH-4B drones via satellite to work together in a patrol.

Huang Wei, a senior researcher who oversaw the test, said the networking of multiple drones is useful for joint operations in combat. He claimed only China and the US are capable of conducting joint operations using multiple drones.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...-terror-ops/story-fwb4FdJNz1oobnYVtfVpYP.html

 

[Hassan Guy]

They've been doing that for a while.

 

[cnleio]

Thailand Army show China KS-1CM anti-aircraft missile

据外媒报道，2017年2月4日，泰国南部的素叻他尼空军基地，第7空军联队开放日期间，首次展示了泰国购买的中国KS-1CM地空导弹系统。据悉，到目前为止，泰国已经获得的KS-1CM防空导弹包括一个火力发射连，包括3-4辆自行防空导弹发射器。
　　2016年10月，泰国与中国精密机械进出口公司（CPMIEC）签订了购买中国SAM KS-1（HQ-12）地空导弹系统的合同。
　　泰国因此成为缅甸（改进型KS-1A地空导弹）和土库曼斯坦（改进型KS-1C地空导弹）之后，第3个KS-1 (HQ-12)系列地空导弹的外国客户。泰国购买的是KS-1CM，具体差异未予披露。

 

[Devil Soul]

China says it has received its largest foreign drone order: Xinhua
By Reuters
Published: February 28, 2017
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An undisclosed buyer has placed the largest overseas order for China’s home-developed military drones, the Xinhua news agency has reported, in a boost for the Chinese arms industry’s efforts to increase export volumes.

Iran bans drones in Tehran after device shot down

The order for the Wing Loong II was placed before the next-generation unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully completed its maiden flight, Xinhua said late on Monday, citing the system’s developer Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute.

It did not identify the buyer or the size of the order.

The Wing Loong II, which has wingspan of more than 20 meters (65 feet), is a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV that has both reconnaissance and strike capabilities.

It conducted a 31-minute flight for the first time on Monday after taking off from a runway in western China.

“Its flight marks China’s new generation reconnaissance and strike UAV. Following the United States, China becomes another country capable of developing such new-generation, large reconnaissance and strike UAV,” said Li Yidong, chief designer of the series, whose program is overseen by the state-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China.

China has been stepping up research into military drones in the hope that it can steal 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.

The Wing Loong II’s predecessor sells for just $1 million according to Chinese media reports. The US-made MQ-9 Reaper, to which it has sometimes been compared, is priced at around $30 million.

China has previously had limited success exporting manned military aircraft but is hoping to do better with UAVs, given that they are cheaper and easier to manufacture. Foreign buyers for its drones include Nigeria, Pakistan and Egypt.

Pentagon successfully tests micro-drone swarm

China’s military modernization has rattled nerves around the region with increasingly assertive moves to bolster its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea and over Taiwan, which it regards as a breakaway province.

It showed off its Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time in November and months earlier put into service a new, domestically developed large transport aircraft.

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

Most probably KSA .