He Victory Day is the commemoration that China Make every September 3, the end of the Second World War. A parade is held in which the communist dictatorship exhibits its military force and shows advanced armament. In this year a combat drone (UCAV) has caught attention GJ-11 ‘sharp sword’ with folding hinges in the wings that indicate that it has been adapted to Operate from aircraft carriers and large amphibious assault ships. According to South China Morning Post, the GJ-11, which has been linked so much with the new amphibious assault ship type 076 Sichuan and with the Fujian aircraft carrier, it could be The first – and unique, for now – a furtive combat operation embarked on the world.
The development of the GJ-11 began in 2009 with Shenyang Aircraft Corporation And later he continued it Hongdu Aviation Industry Group. Made his first flight in 2013 and was publicly presented in 2019 during the Chinese National Day parade. That version showed improvements with respect to the initial prototype that had an exposed motor nozzle. The new design incorporated a flattened and protected nozzle, An update aimed at reducing radar and infrared visibility. In the 2019 parade the ‘GJ’ designation was introduced and described as a platform for deep attacks and suppression of aerial defenses.
The general design of the drone is based on a configuration of steering wing without tailwith an integrated fuselage and control surfaces on the output edge designed to help reduce your radar firm.
To improve survival, use an air intake mounted at the top that hides the motor blades to the radar and a protected exhaust nozzle designed to limit both the radar and thermal firm. Its clear gray finish is similar to the coatings used in the chilling pools.
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This is the GJ-11
GJ-11 has dimensions of 12.2 meters long and 14.4 of wingspan, with an estimated weight to take off around 10 tons that make it a medium and low -weight attack aircraft observability.
Public information available on your performance points to subsonic flight with a maximum speed of approximately 1,111 kilometers per hour. It is estimated that you have a Six -hour autonomy and a combat radius of more than 1,500 kilometers. This would allow him to reach most of the seas of the Eastern China and Southern From bases on land and cover even greater distances if they were launched from an aircraft carrier.
He GJ-11 can load until 2,000 kilograms of armamentincluding guided precision pumps, anti -Radiation missiles or cruise missiles. In other configurations, the load space can be used for sensors to perform surveillance and recognitionwhich gives the flexibility aircraft to operate both in attack missions and intelligence without modifying its external shape.
Chinese media describe GJ-11 as capable of a high degree of automation. It has been reported that it can take off, execute a mission and return autonomouslywith artificial intelligence attending navigation, identification of objectives and employment of weapons.
The first furtive UCAV integrated into the force of an aircraft carrier
In 2022 he was flying next to a poaching hunt J-20which suggests that it could serve as ‘Companion Loyal’ in man-machine teams. In this type of operations I could expand the field of vision of a hunt, be the first platform to face aerial defenses, carry additional armament or function as a decoy to attract enemy fire. Deployed in groups, GJ-11 They could cooperate, with one acting as a control node and others executing attack or retransmission tasks.
There are other indications that point to the naval role of GJ-11. China showed in 2021 A concept of GJ-11 taking off from an amphibious ship and satellite images have revealed Models In a real -scale testing for aircraft carrier in Wuhan and in a new location on Changxing Island, very close to where the first is being built Type 076. Analysts consider that this site is intended to rehearse how drones could be manipulated such as GJ-11 on the cover of a ship.
With electromagnetic catapults both in the Type 076 as in him Fujianconditions are being created to Operate wing drones in the sea. These steps indicate the preparation to display the GJ-11 on ships, which would considerably expand the scope and surveillance capabilities of the amphibious assault ships and the Chinese aircraft carrier.
If your entry into embarked service is confirmed, China would open a new operational route that today has not reached any other army: a furtive UCAV integrated into the force of an aircraft carrier. In front of foreign programs-the American X-47b was a demonstrator that ended in 2015 and the MQ-25 is conceived as a repostor-, the GJ-11, to prosper on deck, could Notably expand the scope and the surveillance and attack capacities of the amphibious and Chinese aircrafts fleets.