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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Advertisement for the Chinese high-altitude strike UAV "Jiutian", which is expected to enter service with the PLA this summer.
Of interest (in addition to various suspended weapons), it is worth noting the declared ability to launch swarm kamikaze drones in clusters, which should automatically capture and destroy targets. For these purposes, two containers for batch launch of drones are built directly into the UAV body. The Chinese previously installed such containers on pickups and trucks.
Among the disadvantages, it is worth noting the large size, which makes the machine vulnerable to modern air defense systems. In a theater of military operations without serious air defense, such a machine will certainly punish.
I will assume that this is only a desired concept, and not a ready-made system, although the Chinese have been experimenting with this topic since the mid-10s. Then experiments were conducted with a mass drop of drones from a military transport. When technical problems (communication, guidance, coordination, range) are solved, swarm drones with a batch launch will become the new standard.
Well, large drones launching a bunch of small drones that can distinguish between a person, heavy, light armored vehicles, artillery, other drones - this is an approach to the very future (not the brightest), which was described by science fiction writers predicting the robotization of war.
It is necessary to dig in this direction now, so as not to find ourselves in a situation identical to the beginning of the SVO, when it turned out that the unmanned revolution was not fully understood in our country.
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