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Thanks, great to get a fellow Au perspective since most defence writing is from US standpoint and we obviously have much reduced capabilities compared to them.
Future reference if you do an analysis of Chinese drone capability and not covered by IISS MD-22 Mach 7 hypersonic drone - will need to be taken into consideration. (This is most likely what caused the pentagons complete shock and to remark about their "Sputnik Moment") The J-6 and J-7 (Mig based and Mach 2, 6 recently spotted near Taiwan in test flight) are being converted into autonomous drones. Feihong FH-97A - Loyal Wingman type for the J-20 If you do a strategic analysis its worth considering Chinas new 30MW ship based radar that can detect ships and missile launches from 4,500km away - western radars are limited to around 300. Comparative drone advantage.
@@Strategy_Analysis They certainly have a lot of drones. It was interesting as many common drones were not mentioned and then I realized these were all export drones, and the ones you hear about the most.
Are the PLA in a cyclic replacement of earlier generation UAV/C? Otherwise why such a large and diverse collection of systems. Surely not a logistically supportable concept in time of war. The concept of short term lightening wars, only requiring the use of current inventory systems, has not been born out by many major recent conflicts. Thoughts?
2 reasons, 1 the military is still trying to figure out what capabilities they need so they tested out a lot of them 2 many firms want to enter this market segment
Good question. Had similar thoughts when researching this briefing. There does seem some duplication of capabilities. Older systems may have had their sensors replaced with the systems installed on newer UAVs, somewhat reducing logistics issues. It doesn't appear as though large numbers of UAVs have been produced. Perhaps the PLA is still evaluating what it wants/needs. Perplexing.
It is possible that procurement depends on the theatre command and necessary capabilities at that moment in time, leading legacy platforms to be prevalent on paper in TC’s that are perhaps in less need of combat readiness (like the Western TC).
Uav will shape the future of battlefields, making any current land based air defense systems inadequate. They can only be countered effectively either by using fighter jets or some kinda of electronic countermeasures. Whether fighter jet can counter them effectively is still be argued since uavs can stay in the air for so long that fighter jet can not. And the cost of flying a fighter jet for an hour is more expenseive than some uavs on the cheaper end.
According to RUSI report Ukrainians are losing 10000 drones a month and that was before the counteroffensive. UAVs will be much more dangerous when AI UAVs start operations, no need for operator link, much much harder to jam.
@@brankomilicevic6904 if you are comparing tb2 with Chinese drones, are you mistaken. Chinese drones flys at a much higher altitudes, and launching guided weapons at a much higher altitudes. It requires a more expensive anti air missiles to shoot them down. Tb2 had to lower its altitudes before attack, that's why Russian shot them down with fairy inexpensive Pantsir. imagine if they used 10000 s300 missiles.
@@brankomilicevic6904 The number of guided weapon TB2 can carry is almost amateur level. As soon as Russians start jamming GSP signals, their accuracy decreased dramatically. Chinese drone can carry a much wider range of ammunitions with different guidance systems, infrared, optical, anti-radiation, laser, ..etc. It is much harder to deal with, plus they all get dedicated satellite communication channels, something the turkey drone dont have. BBC made a video about it. a couple years back. ua-cam.com/video/nTx2ddYVfzo/v-deo.html
When one sees a WZ7 followed by a WZ8 then he/she should be expecting incoming DF HGVs 🤣
The PLAN is testing experimental drone carriers, so all of these drones will likely be further developed.
Thanks, great to get a fellow Au perspective since most defence writing is from US standpoint and we obviously have much reduced capabilities compared to them.
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Future reference if you do an analysis of Chinese drone capability and not covered by IISS
MD-22 Mach 7 hypersonic drone - will need to be taken into consideration. (This is most likely what caused the pentagons complete shock and to remark about their "Sputnik Moment")
The J-6 and J-7 (Mig based and Mach 2, 6 recently spotted near Taiwan in test flight) are being converted into autonomous drones.
Feihong FH-97A - Loyal Wingman type for the J-20
If you do a strategic analysis its worth considering Chinas new 30MW ship based radar that can detect ships and missile launches from 4,500km away - western radars are limited to around 300.
Comparative drone advantage.
Thank you @audas. Absolutely will cover them in the future.
@@Strategy_Analysis
They certainly have a lot of drones. It was interesting as many common drones were not mentioned and then I realized these were all export drones, and the ones you hear about the most.
was it md 22? thought it was rocket launched platform
Are the PLA in a cyclic replacement of earlier generation UAV/C? Otherwise why such a large and diverse collection of systems. Surely not a logistically supportable concept in time of war. The concept of short term lightening wars, only requiring the use of current inventory systems, has not been born out by many major recent conflicts. Thoughts?
2 reasons, 1 the military is still trying to figure out what capabilities they need so they tested out a lot of them
2 many firms want to enter this market segment
Good question. Had similar thoughts when researching this briefing. There does seem some duplication of capabilities. Older systems may have had their sensors replaced with the systems installed on newer UAVs, somewhat reducing logistics issues. It doesn't appear as though large numbers of UAVs have been produced. Perhaps the PLA is still evaluating what it wants/needs. Perplexing.
It is possible that procurement depends on the theatre command and necessary capabilities at that moment in time, leading legacy platforms to be prevalent on paper in TC’s that are perhaps in less need of combat readiness (like the Western TC).
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Thank you. Much appreciated.
Does Australia have an offensive drone capability?
好的简报。
Uav will shape the future of battlefields, making any current land based air defense systems inadequate. They can only be countered effectively either by using fighter jets or some kinda of electronic countermeasures. Whether fighter jet can counter them effectively is still be argued since uavs can stay in the air for so long that fighter jet can not. And the cost of flying a fighter jet for an hour is more expenseive than some uavs on the cheaper end.
According to RUSI report Ukrainians are losing 10000 drones a month and that was before the counteroffensive.
UAVs will be much more dangerous when AI UAVs start operations, no need for operator link, much much harder to jam.
@@brankomilicevic6904 if you are comparing tb2 with Chinese drones, are you mistaken. Chinese drones flys at a much higher altitudes, and launching guided weapons at a much higher altitudes. It requires a more expensive anti air missiles to shoot them down. Tb2 had to lower its altitudes before attack, that's why Russian shot them down with fairy inexpensive Pantsir. imagine if they used 10000 s300 missiles.
@@brankomilicevic6904 The number of guided weapon TB2 can carry is almost amateur level. As soon as Russians start jamming GSP signals, their accuracy decreased dramatically. Chinese drone can carry a much wider range of ammunitions with different guidance systems, infrared, optical, anti-radiation, laser, ..etc. It is much harder to deal with, plus they all get dedicated satellite communication channels, something the turkey drone dont have. BBC made a video about it. a couple years back.
ua-cam.com/video/nTx2ddYVfzo/v-deo.html
@@commie5211 also most of those 10000 ukrainian drones weren't TB2. they were and still are using a lot of civilian drones or homemade drones.
@@donderstorm1845 i see, but it is all about the cost of making them and the effort it takes to shoot them down.
The US are currently light years ahead of the PRC in unmanned systems.
lol yeah ok
@@donderstorm1845 Then you haven’t been paying attention.
@@JD-dm1uj light years ahead hahah you are on drugs my guy
Light years ahead. Okie😂 Uncle you need to return to your shrink’s help
@@unclesam8565 haha, the truth hurts…