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China matches US Switchblade drone of Ukraine fame
Asia Times ^

Posted on 09/13/2022 4:36:00 AM PDT by FarCenter

China is touting its FH-901 suicide drone, which on visual inspection seems quite like the Switchblade loitering munition the US has sent as military assistance to embattled Ukraine.

This month, Global Times cited a video showcasing military equipment made by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation during a forum. The video features live-fire exercises using armed reconnaissance drones such as the CH-4 and CH-5, with exotic models such as the CH-10 tilt-rotor drone and FH-901 loitering munition.

Part of the video shows the FH-901 fired from a mortar-like launcher. The drone then deploys its fins upon leaving the launch tube and is guided by its controllers to slam into the top of a tank target where its armor is thinnest, obliterating it. The source also notes that the FH-901 can also be launched from aircraft and other drones.

(Excerpt) Read more at asiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: ccp; chechens; chechnya; china; deathtochechnya; deathtoputin; deathtorussia; hateamericafirst; pedosforputin; putinlovertrollsonfr; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; scottritter; ukraine; vladtheimploder; whyishenotbanned; whyishestillhere; zottherussiantrolls

1 posted on 09/13/2022 4:36:00 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

portable powerhouse
https://twitter.com/zhao_dashuai/status/1568112671790342145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


2 posted on 09/13/2022 4:44:57 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: FarCenter

Biden was wrong you do not need a F16 to stand up against a government.


3 posted on 09/13/2022 4:50:30 AM PDT by DEPcom (Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules)
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To: DEPcom

I must wonder if this is why you must register your drone if it weighs more than 0.55 lbs. Like gun control but drone control.


4 posted on 09/13/2022 4:52:25 AM PDT by DEPcom (Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules)
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To: FarCenter

Slaughterbots

https://youtu.be/9CO6M2HsoIA


5 posted on 09/13/2022 4:56:19 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: DEPcom

We are in the midst of developing the weapons and tactics for World War III.

It is like the decades prior to World War I where there were many significant changes in technology, such as smokeless powder, metallic cartridges, machine guns, modern artillery shells and propellants, tinned rations, motor vehicles, airplanes, aerial bombs, etc.

Many of these were tested in small wars, such as the Boer War.


6 posted on 09/13/2022 5:08:01 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

As a point of order, the Russians are trying to fight the war after WW II that never actually took place. The Russians are plainly shown to be ineffectual against that reality

After losing the much of top leadership, the younger Russians finally gained some control and moved the command centers out of harm’s way


7 posted on 09/13/2022 5:21:08 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: FarCenter

If not for stolen Western technology China would have little to sell.


8 posted on 09/13/2022 6:13:29 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

If not for stolen Western technology China would have little to sell.

Or it was sold to them by traitors in our government.


9 posted on 09/13/2022 7:10:26 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: rxh4n1

“sold to them by traitors in our government” https://tonyrogers.com/news/clinton_china_nukes.htm


10 posted on 09/13/2022 7:16:38 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

That was true at one time, but now their best and brightest attend the best tech schools in the US. So their capability grows daily.


11 posted on 09/13/2022 7:18:37 AM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: shooter223

I forgot relatives of traitors in government. Yes you, Hunter. I’m looking at you.


12 posted on 09/13/2022 7:21:32 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: nascarnation

With higher IQs on average, and with a much larger population, they have several times as many people with IQs above 130.

Plus, a higher percentage of their most intelligent students major in STEM subjects.

The US, with a rather poor elementary and secondary education system, is no longer in the game.


13 posted on 09/13/2022 7:23:42 AM PDT by FarCenter
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