The Russia-Ukraine war proved the actual combat effectiveness of suicide drones or loitering bombs and loitering munitions. No one dares to underestimate the influence of this equipment. It also puts India under deep pressure. Now the "nightmare" of the Indian army in the frontline area is just because the People's Liberation Army on the opposite side is far ahead of India in this field.
China’s latest swarm drone technology demonstration
China itself is a drone power, which puts great pressure on India. The Indian media "Eurasia Times" has even noticed a cruel reality. The People's Liberation Army's swarm drones will attack the Indian army. On December 29, the Indian media "Eurasia Times" published an article titled "100% Independence or Chinese Propaganda?" US experts decode latest footage showing China's swarm of suicide drones" article. In the field of drone technology, bee swarm technology is the most anticipated development direction. Once successful, the actions of drones will no longer be limited by scale and can act like a swarm, allowing drone attacks to achieve overwhelming effects. If the Indian army is attacked by a drone swarm, it will be a catastrophic consequence. What is even more frightening is that this technology is already in the hands of the People's Liberation Army.
China’s swarm drones have begun exporting overseas
China’s swarm suicide drones at the Zhuhai Air Show
China in drone swarm technology The field is in a leading position in the world. Even the Indian media "Eurasia Times" admitted this. It also reviewed it and confirmed that China began to demonstrate swarm drones a few years ago. In 2020, it demonstrated a vehicle-mounted launch system, and later demonstrated aerial-launched swarm drone technology. The suicide drone displayed is similar to the CH-901 suicide drone released in 2017; according to relevant information, its launch weight is 9 kilograms, its total length is 1.2 meters, and its maximum flight time is 40 minutes to 2 hours depending on the weight of the payload. It can fly from an altitude of 100 meters to 1.5 kilometers, and the operator's control range is 10 kilometers. It is still known old information, and the performance of the latest model has not been disclosed.
India is also paying attention to China's swarm drone tactics. The Indian media "Eurasia Times" reported the entire article.
The Indian media "Eurasia Times" stated in the report that the People's Liberation Army's use of drone swarms to deal with the Indian army is not a fiction and is part of a joint military strike. At the Zhuhai Air Show in 2022, a similar system has been demonstrated. The Chinese version of the swarm cruise missile is here, and it can even be exported. So will there be any problems for personal use? If a fight really breaks out, then perhaps the Indian army will face an overwhelming number of PLA drones. This scene has been shown in public videos. China has conducted research on drone swarm technology and has demonstrated relevant results, but the level of discussion is also very low. If you pay attention, we have previously reported on the competition between China and the United States in the field of drone swarm technology. The competition is about who can control more drones at the same time. As a result, China maintained its victory over the United States and repeatedly set world records.
China’s swarm UAV tactics rely on loitering bombs, which can attack ground personnel, light armored vehicles, radars and other targets.
Swarm UAV tactics will become the next 10 items of the People’s Liberation Army. Development focus of the year
In any case, the Indian media "Eurasia Times" has a very clear understanding of the threat of drone swarms, and came to a conclusion: Even without complete autonomous control, with the support of reliable electronic warfare capabilities, networked drone swarms may destroy enemy positions and morale. Drone swarms are networked and semi-autonomous, rendering even the best short-range air defense or rapid reaction ground-to-air ineffective once target location/data and mission parameters are received. China's "swarm" tactics specialize in hunting down the enemy's air defense system . "Eurasia Times" even more pessimistically found that even if the current air defense system can deal with swarms, it will have to fight dozens of targets and fall into a state of supersaturation. Even if it can destroy several targets, the remaining drones will still overwhelm and destroy enemy air defense positions, clearing the way for larger aircraft.
Countries around the world are developing swarm drones, but too few have come to fruition.
The Indian army’s air defense weapon system has nowhere to start. This is not a boast. The swarm drone tactic not only proves this threat in theory, but also has practical experience. In the Russia-Ukraine war, the Russian army used Iran's "Shahed"-136 suicide drones and Russia's homemade "Lancet" cruise missiles. They were all very simple and completely cheap. However, they caused serious damage to Ukrainian cities, infrastructure, energy targets, and frontline military targets. Although the Ukrainian side tried to intercept, the effect was very poor. Even advanced man-portable air defense systems were still prone to missing targets.
Maybe take action. The People's Liberation Army can launch a salvo of 200 swarm suicide drones at a time. At the Zhuhai Air Show, China's military industry launched a 48-tube launch vehicle. Among related technical experiments, it is not a problem for the People's Liberation Army to operate more than 200 suicide drones at the same time. Then drone swarms can fill the sky. Even the armored fighting vehicle and group of the Indian army cannot stop it. Dropping it from the air can indeed destroy everything. The so-called armored fighting vehicle group of the Indian army is just a living target.
It is conceivable how the Indian army feels when faced with the swarm drones that cover the ground on the battlefield.
The Russia-Ukraine war proved that loiter bombs are a good thing.
The Indian media "Eurasia Times" has even been unwilling to admit that China's swarm suicide drones are technologically advanced. In other words, the Indian mentality hopes that "the technological level of swarm suicide drones owned by China is not high." We conducted a special interview for this purpose. American expert David Shank, a so-called comprehensive air defense missile defense and anti-drone expert in the United States, argued that "controlling large swarms has been a popular technology for ten years, and it is not the only one." He believes that China's display is just a computer exercise and simulation, and it cannot be concluded that "Any conclusions about capabilities." Asking for more proof, Shank said: China needs to demonstrate the swarm drone algorithm to redefine who is the strongest on the battlefield. It seems a bit lacking in evidence, but it cannot be demonstrated. This is a real technical secret. Is it realistic for us to disclose the fire control code program?
Different from the expectations of Indians, Shank did not deny the threat posed by the drone swarm, saying: Controlling the drone swarm by artificial intelligence "is the biggest challenge that needs defense." It is not confirmed whether China has disclosed the relevant technology, or in other words, Westerners are not yet willing to accept the reality. The so-called: mainly through visual media, promote key technological achievements in competition with the United States, but only claim that some breakthroughs will arouse doubts.
The technical difficulty of swarm UAV tactics is not the loitering missiles, but the fire control computer system.
The tactical requirements of swarm UAVs are low in technology.
No one can deny that China’s technology is in the lead. The Indian media "Eurasia Times" also admitted that China has achieved a recognized leading position in UAV technology, as evidenced by its possession of the world's largest variety of attack, surveillance and logistics drones. Not to mention, China’s leading position in the field of civilian drones , and the commercial drones used in the Russia-Ukraine war mainly came from China!
The United States is also conducting a large amount of research on cruise missile technology, but the problem is that the Switchblade-300 cruise missile that the United States aided Ukraine did not work well on the Ukrainian battlefield.
The cruise missile can also strike at sea
China’s swarm drone tactics can also attack the United States and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. At that time, it will depend on whether China has more swarm drones or the US military has more missiles.
In the end, the Indian media stated in the article: The role of drone swarms can be considered exaggerated, but China’s overall progress is not.There is a strong sense of crisis, but it is a pity that we know that we will be hit by PLA patrol bombs and suicide drones. If the Chinese swarm suicide drones are deployed to the front lines and border areas of China and India, we can use two Chinese swarm suicide drone launch vehicles. As long as the ammunition is enough, we can attack casually and eliminate a battalion of Indian troops. There is no problem! The Indian army is unable to solve it. This is the most painful thing.
