The Chinese-made 'kamikaze' drones are 'still in their prototype phase,' one expert told Newsweek.
Chinese-made drones would likely receive"battlefield testing" in Ukraine, trialing how they match up to Iranian-made"kamikaze" drones on military and civilian targets in the war-torn country,Chinese drone manufacturer Xi'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology was in negotiations with Russia's military over the"mass production of kamikaze drones" for its war effort in Ukraine, German newspaperMoscow's defense ministry could receive 100 units of the...
Above, Ukrainian servicemen and police officers stand guard in a street after a drone attack in Kyiv on October 17, 2022. Chinese-made drones allegedly set to arrive in Ukraine for Russian forces would likely have similar technical capabilities to Iranian-made Shahed drones, experts have told Newsweek.
But the ZT-180 single-use loitering munitions are"still in their prototype phase," according to James Rogers, a war historian andIf they did appear in Ukraine on Moscow's behalf, this"deployment would certainly be part of the battlefield testing to see whether or not they are actually able to compete" with the Shahed-131 and Shahed-136, Rogers toldThe Shahed-136 is a larger version of the -131, with the former able to travel around 1,200 miles, compared to the -131's...
Yet the technical capabilities for the Shaheds and the ZT-180 will be broadly similar, Rogers said, with the Chinese-made drone"able to carry a warhead, an explosive payload, of at least equal weight, if not more, in weight." The top speed of the Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles is probably around equal to the Shaheds, Rogers added.
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