The Chinese military has given the first official look at the work of a dedicated drone squadron, stationed in the country’s northwestern desert.
The squadron, specialising in reconnaissance and combat drones, was created as a seed unit to extend the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within the PLA Air Force, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday (Sept 20).
The report included footage of the air force s GJ-2 (Attack-2) drones scanning terrain in a range of environments — including snowy mountain ranges — as well as locking on to a target drone and firing at a moving vehicle on the ground. They are now flying across the plateau, the sea and the jungle, inventing tactics in a complex environment and showing off their skills in the unmanned battlefield of information warfare , the report said.
It is the first time state media has broadcast details of a military drone unit, with the technology increasingly seen as a key component in modern combat.
Source: South China Morning Post