Yesterday, CCTV made a high-profile promotion of the nine-day drone mothership, with a flight time exceeding 12 hours and an operational radius of about 3,500 kilometers. Since it is also a drone itself, if there is no intention to recover it and execute a one-time attack, the attack range can reach up to 7,000 kilometers. From Heilongjiang Province, it could even attack the Hawaiian Islands.
It can carry 200 small suicide drones and can additionally mount eight air-to-ground missiles, anti-ship missiles, and air-to-air missiles. This aircraft is a powerful tool for saturation attacks. As we all know, the advantage of small drones is their small size, making them extremely difficult to intercept at long ranges, while short-range defenses only protect vital areas but leave other parts vulnerable. I ask, which warship could withstand a single round of 200 drone suicide attacks? Even an aircraft carrier couldn't handle it. Moreover, the mothership can make follow-up strikes based on battlefield conditions, using suicide drones to deplete enemy ammunition and employing heavy missiles mounted externally to deliver the final blow.
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