Chinese MALE, HALE (and rotary, small, suicide) UAV/UCAV thread

[Deino]

Has anyone seen this report from Jane’s? And even more has anyone an image of this rumoured - and allegedly seen on a satellite image - high speed UAV?

 

[vincent]

 

[by78]

Iraqi CH-5 unveiled to the public.

 

[by78]

Anti-drone training.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Iraqi CH-5 unveiled to the public.

Didn’t TWZ write that Iraq was fed up with Chinese drones and won’t import more or something to that effect?

 

[gpt]

Didn’t TWZ write that Iraq was fed up with Chinese drones and won’t import more or something to that effect?

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[LawLeadsToPeace]

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I skimmed the article and this is the first thing I saw:

The same report said that Iraq's fleet of "more than 10" smaller Boeing Insitu

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drones had flown just two sorties in total since March 2019 due to a lapse in contractor maintenance support and unexplained signals interference issues.


Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have "struggled with the availability" of the aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, in general, according to the report. "Shortfalls have resulted in a 50 percent decrease in Iraq’s fixed-wing ISR sorties compared to the same period last year."

It is unclear how many CH-4Bs Iraq has in total or how many of them might be at least partially mission capable. As with the Scan Eagles, the Lead Inspector General report only says the country has "more than 10" of these Chinese drones.

Is it me or did the author mix everything up?