Satellite imagery shows China's stealth unmanned aircraft at secret base
Satellite imagery has revealed China's stealthy high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned combat aircraft outside their hangars at a secret test base in Malan, Xinjiang region. The images show two aircraft, along with a stealth fighter-like drone and a Xi'an Y-20 transport plane on the main apron.
China has accelerated testing of its stealthy high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned combat aircraft. Satellite imagery from a secret test base in Malan, Xinjiang region, shows two aircraft outside their hangars on the main apron. The aircraft are large flying-wing platforms optimized for stealth, endurance, and high-altitude operations. They are associated with long-range intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance roles or strike missions. The facility has hosted testing of multiple classified UAV and aircraft designs. The sightings underscore China's rapidly expanding unmanned combat ecosystem, with multiple classes of advanced UAVs.
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