A country in South Asia test-flyed a new one-ton flying object. It is obvious that this is not a prototype of some kind of combat flying object that is about to enter active service, but a simple testing device. Because it is only a research institution of the country that is res

A country in South Asia test-flyed a new one-ton flying object. It is obvious that this is not a prototype of some kind of combat flying object that is about to enter active service, but a simple testing device. Because it is only a research institution of the country that is responsible for the test flight and not its air force. The announced name of this flying object is also very strange, called "Stealth Wing Flight Test Platform." Just looking at the name is enough to confuse people. Could it be that what is being tested is the simple wing part of a future stealth aircraft ? This is obviously impossible, because it is impossible for any aircraft to simply test the wings instead of testing the entire aircraft. Historically, there has been basically no simple test flight to test the wing part of a certain flying object, because any flight test object must also have main components such as engines, fuel tanks, control systems, and landing gear while having wings. It is impossible to allow One wing section flies alone. Even if the test flight is a kite, it still needs a kite string for traction, otherwise a kite like a flying wing,

, cannot fly normally. Judging from its name, this is still a test subject with certain stealth capabilities. Therefore, if there is not a problem with the English expression of this test item, then there must be an unprofessional mistranslation during the translation process. If it is a stealth flying wing flight test platform. Change the word "wing" to "flying wing" or "flying wing body", and the meaning will be much more accurate. In fact, the first flight this time was a small flying wing drone. In today's world, regardless of whether this kind of flying wing drone can really achieve stealth capabilities, if its overall appearance looks like a reduced version of B2. That is, similar to large flying wing drones such as X47B, European Neuron or GJ11, then most people naturally believe that such manned or unmanned flying wing aircraft also have certain stealth capabilities. In fact, in addition to the three types of unmanned flying wing bodies mentioned above, such as the X47B. Today, flight tests have been carried out around the world;

and the S70 Hunter large drone, etc. Therefore, the stealth flying wing that South Asia has just taken to the skies can temporarily rank among the top 5 in the world. In fact, there is by no means just one type of large-scale flying-wing drone that has been fully tested by some major countries. A single country may have as many as three or four similar stealth flying-wing drones that have been tested or have been actually deployed. However, all similar unmanned flying wing aircraft launched by the same country are only counted for one quota, so that the drones that have just been tested in South Asia can barely enter the top 5 ranks in the world. It has entered the top 5 in the world. Although it is not an absolute leader, compared with most of the more backward countries, it is still more than above. After first comparing the status of "first come, first served" in the world, we might as well make a horizontal comparison on the technical level. This comparison does not matter, it immediately dwarfs the so-called stealth flying wing bodies that have just taken to the skies in South Asia. Because overall compared to the previous 4 types, this newcomer is really too small.

This newly tested flying wing body flying object is said to have started project planning as early as 2018. It was initially called SWIFT, which means agile. Later, the project seemed to have changed its localized name. It was really hard to remember, so I still called it SWIFT stealth drone. SWIFT's maximum length and width are no more than 5 meters, its length may be just over 3 meters, and its wingspan is only 4 and a half meters at most. That is to say, the space occupied by two small family cars side by side is smaller. For a flying object with such a size, it still has a flying wing body layout, resulting in its total weight being only about 1 ton. The engine equipped is a small turbofan engine on the cruise missile used by the former Soviet Union. The maximum thrust is less than 700 kilograms, but it is more than enough to propel a 1-ton weight. In comparison, the other four types of stealth flying-wing drones that appeared earlier are at least one order of magnitude larger than SWIFT. For example, the X47B stealth drone has a total length of 11.63 meters, a wingspan of 18.92 meters, a folded height of 9.4 meters, a height of 3.10 meters, an empty weight of 6350 kilograms, and a maximum take-off weight of 20215 kilograms.

is equipped with a Pratt & Whitney F100-220U turbofan engine with a maximum thrust of more than 8 tons. The various parameters of the GJ11 are estimated to be similar to those of the X47B. It is also equipped with a single medium-thrust turbofan engine with a thrust of more than 8 tons as the main power. The Neuron UAV launched by Europe has an empty weight of more than 4 tons and a maximum take-off weight of between 10 and 12 tons. It will later use the M88 turbofan engine, which is also the current engine for the Rafale fighter and still belongs to the category of turbofans. A kind of push. The fourth type of S70 Hunter UAV has a fuselage length of 14 meters, a wingspan of 19 meters, and an empty weight of 5 tons. Its maximum take-off weight is also 20 tons, and it uses a single unit with a maximum afterburner thrust of 8.5 tons. The RD33 engine is also the original engine of the MiG-29 fighter . In comparison, SWIFT, which weighs only 1 ton and uses a cruise missile engine to complete its first flight, looks more like a toy. But as the saying goes, every inch is short and every inch is dangerous. The smaller the flying object, the better it is to be invisible!