China’s Guizhou Aviation Industries Corporation continues to flight test at least one Wuzhen-9 high-altitude UAV , three Wuzhen-7 reconnaissance UAVs and one Wing Loong at Anshun Airfield in Guizhou Province.
The Chinese corporation Guizhou Aviation Industries Corporation continues to conduct flight tests of the high-altitude UAV “Wuzhen-9” (WZ-9) in the Anshun region (Guizhou province). August 2023
Estimated performance characteristics of the drone: height 6 m, length 14 m, wingspan 35 m, flight duration > 20 hours, service ceiling – 18,000 m.
Once in service with the PLA, the WZ-9 will be the first anti-stealth radar system. It is stated that American F-22, F-35 fighters, and B-2 bombers will become vulnerable. In essence, the drone will perform the tasks of an early warning system for air targets made using stealth technology.
🔻 The slide describes the combat use of the Wuzhen-8 high-altitude reconnaissance UAV from the Hong-6M bomber
According to the scheme: a Hong-6M bomber (probably from the 30th Bomber Regiment of the 10th Air Force Division of the PLA Eastern Command) takes off from Luan airfield (Anhui Province) and flies to the UAV launch area.
🔻 UAV launch areas and potential drone landing airfields after reconnaissance missions:
➖ water area of the Yellow Sea , if exploration is carried out in the area of the Korean Peninsula; landing airfield – Wendeng (Shandong Province);
➖ Taiwan Strait , if reconnaissance is carried out in Taiwan. Landing airfields: Zhangzhou , Hui’an , Fuzhou (Fuzhou Province).
Flight of the UZHEN-8 UAV made at an altitude of 30,000 meters at a speed of Mach 3
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