Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G)
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It would probably be more accurate to say we didn't see the EO sensor fairing on the GJ-21 at the parade (which by all accounts was a real flying airframe).
I would be surprised if a regular equivalent in service GJ-21 lacked the EO sensor.
It's a domestic engine without afterburner. Whether it's WS-13E, WS-21 or WS-19, is not super consequential at this stage tbh.
Another interesting detail is that in this video, GJ-11 also unveiled a new Chinese codename: "玄龙" (well, I'm not sure how to translate this word into English either).
"Mysterious Dragon" seems straightforward enough. No need to get all philosophical about it.
might i suggest 'mystic dragon'
Discussion continued from the H-20 thread.
This is a CH-7. Which... is kinda underwhelming with the presence of the twin canted vertical stabilizers, given how we've already seen the GJ-11/21, GJ-X and WZ-X flying around without vertical stabilizers.
Could it be?..
This is a CH-7. Which... is kinda underwhelming with the presence of the twin canted vertical stabilizers, given how we've already seen the GJ-11/21, GJ-X and WZ-X flying around without vertical stabilizers.
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Mystic Dragon is nice.
In before AVIC comes out and says it's the "Black Dragon"
(玄 could also mean black)
CH-7 is an industry project, so IMO it doesn't really matter how impressive it is.
They could fly test it a few times and shelve it forever -- at this point there are much bigger fish to fry, such that CH-7 is almost trivial by comparison.