This is the fifth PLA drone that appears around Taiwan.
In the "Trends around the Taiwan Strait" recently released by Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense", the figures of PLA drones are appearing more and more. According to the Taiwan Army notice, as of 5 pm on the 16th, it was found that the People's Liberation Army sent 43 military aircraft and 5 warships to continue to operate around the Taiwan Strait, and 20 "passing the central line of the strait and its extension line into the southwest airspace of Taiwan", of which 1 BZK-005 drone also "passing the central line of the strait" from the southern section of Taiwan Strait. This is not the first time that the
BZK-005 drone has appeared near Taiwan. The veteran driver has introduced it before. But what makes Taiwan even more anxious is that the day before, another brand new PLA drone appeared near Taiwan.
If you remember correctly, this is the fifth PLA drone that appears around Taiwan - this is the foundation!
Taiwan "reported" that the "Schematic diagram of airspace activities around the Taiwan Strait" released by the Taiwan Air Force on the 15th showed that on that day, two Su-30 fighter jets, two J-7 "crossed the central line of the Taiwan Strait"; one 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 The most eye-catching one is that the Unreconstructed Reconnaissance-7, which is similar to the US RQ-4 "Global Hawk" strategic unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, appeared in the airspace near Taiwan for the first time.
reported that this large high-altitude long-time drone, previously known as " Xianglong ", can perform functions such as surveillance, reconnaissance, evaluation, intelligence collection and information relay. It was first publicly unveiled at the Zhuhai Air Show in 2021. It adopts the rare connecting wing aerodynamic layout . The front and rear wings are connected together, and are diamond-shaped overall, which can increase the time of stagnation and increase flight speed. "The function of the Unreconstructed-7 is similar to that of the US 'Global Hawk', which mainly performs border reconnaissance, territorial waters patrol and other tasks, and is faster than ' Global Hawk ', which can be called the 'Eye of Strategy'." Taiwanese media also emphasized that the drone can also designate targets for anti-ship ballistic missiles and cruise missile , "such as the Dongfeng-21D missile, known as the aircraft carrier killer ."
On November 11 last year, the People's Liberation Army Air Force Army Day, the People's Liberation Army Daily revealed that the unreconnaissance-7 high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has been fully put into practical training.
We are not convenient to say about how to use the People's Liberation Army drones. However, since Taiwan compares the Unreconstructed-7 with the United States' "Global Hawk", then you might as well take a look at the US military's use of this high-altitude strategic unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
According to the introduction of the United States, "Global Hawk" has multiple derivative models. The reconnaissance type used by the US Air Force is equipped with advanced synthetic aperture radar and photoelectric/infrared reconnaissance equipment. When patrolling at an altitude of nearly 20,000 meters for a long time, it can not only reconnaise a wide area of a large area, but also accurately track mobile targets. This characteristic also makes it possible to peek into the deep targets within its opponents without risking access to other countries’ airspace. The US Navy version of "Global Hawk" focuses on real-time maritime surveillance, intelligence search, anti-submarine reconnaissance, and search and rescue tasks.
In this way, it is no wonder that Taiwan is so shocked - the PLA's "strategic eye" may only need to appear near Taiwan to detect movements across Taiwan. Even Zhang Yanting, the front-end " Air Force deputy commander" admitted that the purpose of the PLA sending the Unresponsible-7 is to reconnaise important military targets in Taiwan. "Taiwan airports, radar and even military facilities may be controlled as the target of the Communist Army's first strike." He said, "No Reconnaissance-7 can collect the missiles of the Taiwan Army on a regular basis. After comparing with each other, the characteristics of the deployment of the Taiwan Army can be summarized."
Source: Privy Council No. 10
