I seriously am starting to think the H20 may have once existed as a stand alone H20 plane, but that maybe the technologies developed were subsequently spun off into other weapons platforms as strategic demands and priorities shifted. It may be that the H20 as it has been known is already mothballed in favor of more advanced future bomber concepts. All this is pure speculation on my part though.
Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G)
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Wait a minute...
If the CH-7 is already conducting its first flight without any canted vertical stabilizers installed, then... what is this from mid-November?
Here's Wan Quan on Weibo posting about this CH-7 flight (and saying that this is the 1st flight of CH-7, conducted from an airport/airbase located somewhere in the northwest):
And here's CCTV7 also saying the same on Bilibili: 【中国新型无人机首飞成功！-哔哩哔哩】
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Honestly, it's not bad looking
PLA watchers are so spoiled...
This thing will have an impact in the export market.
PLA watchers are so spoiled...
This thing will have an impact in the export market.
PLA Watchers are very spoiled indeed.
But we also have a “problem” now (to go with our other “problems”):
- This means that the cranked flying wing with tails was not CH-7 (but not necessarily unrelated to the CH-7 program more broadly)
- We still don’t know what that “4th August” ufo is.
- We still don’t know what that “JH-XX-popular-render” looking (but smaller) ufo over Shenyang is.
But we also have a “problem” now (to go with our other “problems”):
- This means that the cranked flying wing with tails was not CH-7 (but not necessarily unrelated to the CH-7 program more broadly)
- We still don’t know what that “4th August” ufo is.
- We still don’t know what that “JH-XX-popular-render” looking (but smaller) ufo over Shenyang is.
Certainly it's a bit of a mystery what the tailed "CH-7" is, a demonstrator, with the current CH-7 being actual production vehicle? Are the dimensions/shape similar between the tailed and tailless CH-7s, or they might be different/from different makers?
At least afaik, no one is offering to export LO, tailless, high performance attack drones, so in theory CH-7 should make a killing in the export market.
It has been noted by @foolsball on Twitter that both the Jetank and CH-7 UAVs conducted their first flights from the new Pucheng Airport in Shaanxi that is operated by the China Flight Test Administration.
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Any actual quote confirming it is attack drone? I don't see weapon bay underside and most telling, wing length and sweep suggests emphasis on extreme long loiter at the expense of dash speed which is important for strike mission against dynamic and pop up targets.