China's drone technology is far behind the United States? Japanese institution: China still needs to work hard
Recently, an analysis report from the Japanese Defense Research Institute was made public. The report pointed out that the United States is "cautiously pursuing quality improvements" in drones, while China focuses on quantity expansion. In addition, the report also said that China still needs a lot of time to match the United States in drone technology.
Let me say it without modesty, whether it's quantity or quality, if China's drones are to be called the second in the world, the Americans themselves would not dare to claim they are the first. The Japanese, who want to please their "American father," should also be practical.
Take the CCA (Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Figure 3) mentioned in this report, for example. To put it politely, it is an "advanced expendable drone" that works with the US sixth-generation fighter. To put it bluntly, it is just a "pawn" without autonomous combat capability, which takes bullets for the F-47 (despite the F-47 being a PowerPoint). From this, we can see that the current US drone design concept is "low cost and disposable," sharing the risk of manned aircraft. A CCA plus an AI remote command, equipped with two missiles, is called an advanced drone, but in reality, it can only "give up" on the battlefield.
In contrast, China's current drones not only start to match medium-sized fighters in size: high thrust, long endurance, high payload, but also begin to emulate real fighters in operational modes. Two high-end drones at the September 3rd military parade (one with a lambda wing, one with a diamond-shaped main wing) can even independently fly to the front line for combat, and the US CCA would only be able to act as a target drone in front of them.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1845578242363532/
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