Saudi Arabia unveiled CH-4 armed unmanned aerial vehicle

[Erl]

Saudi Arabia unveiled CH-4 armed unmanned aerial vehicle
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The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) formally has unveiled its first CH-4 armed unmanned aerial vehicle in a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the King Faisal Air College in Riyadh.

The new CH-4 is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The CH-4 series of drones looks like a US MQ-9 Reaper developed by General Atomics.

CH-4 is capable of firing air-to-ground missile from altitude of 5,000 meters, therefore the aircraft can stay outside of effective range of most anti-aircraft guns. It also allow CH-4 to be able to fire from a position that provides wider viewing area.

 

[H!TchHiker]

Good News..KSA is taking defense related matters seriously due to reshaping of current geo-politics..

 

[Erl]

It is being operated by Iraqi armed forces too.

@Hassan Guy Why are your comments getting disappeared?!

 

[Decisive Storm]

Will be produced locally very soon.

 

[Mrc]

Why is pakistan not opting for this?

 

[c-dome1]

why not ch 5?

 

[EpiiC]

why not ch 5?

CH-5 is next option, maybe Heron TP from Israel too....

 

[c-dome1]

CH-5 is next option, maybe Heron TP from Israel too....

i dont belive israel will sell her best drone to ksa

 

[EpiiC]

i dont belive israel will sell her best drone to ksa

Din't you post a link about Israel selling drones to KSA?

 

[c-dome1]

Din't you post a link about Israel selling drones to KSA?

no i see some news about this and i dont belive we will sell heron tp

 

[EpiiC]

no i see some news about this and i dont belive we will sell heron tp

Reaper RQ9 is better than Heron TP?

 

[c-dome1]

Reaper RQ9 is better than Heron TP?

dont know seem to me same level

 

[EpiiC]

dont know seem to me same level

What are you willing to sell KSA?

 

[c-dome1]

i dont know what we sell or not however everything is very classified because political reasons

What are you willing to sell KSA?

they can buy everything they want from europ and usa or even china so they will not buy alot of things from israel not get troubled i know we sold some elbit targo 2 helmets to qatar
and another 160 helmets of elbit of america and rocwil collins joint develop helmet of the f 35

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/bre...atar-in-overall-21-1-billion-deal/2016/11/28/

http://defence-blog.com/news/qatar-...-systems-for-its-new-rafale-fighter-jets.html

 

[Hindustani78]

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