China exhibits world's most powerful unmanned aircraft CH-5: Is China on the road to a military supremacy?

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Nov 08, 2016 01:48 AM EST

China's amazing invention CH-5 is a terrifying unmanned aircraft. The impressive drone is going to outperform the entire unmanned armed vehicles all around the world.  With stronger durability, the drone has the capacity to bomb the targets for two days simultaneously without refueling.

Experts report that the drone CH-5 has a flight endurance of 40 hours and can fly 6,500 kilometers. The huge fuel span is double the span of its American predecessor MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) which is made to endure 20 hours flight and can fly for a 1,852-kilometer range.

The capacity of CH-5 for carrying missiles is huge because of its light weight. The new drone can be used for surveillance, early warning signals, ground attack and electronic warfare. Does this hint to an expected active role of China in future warfare?

The display of newly invented aircraft was on November 2 at International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai. First flights of the CH-5 have been set last September, and improvements of the plane since then have surpassed experts' expectations.

Mirror reports that the abilities and technical details of the aircraft are so amazing that a number of reports have been published admiring its impressive performance. The entire unmanned aircraft vehicles are left behind by this drone.

CH-5 is recognized as the "most powerful unmanned aircraft in the world." This declaration is even before its massive manufacturing and mass performance.

China unveiled its mighty war muscles at the exhibition with a new 67-ft long super-spy-plane that has a top speed of 1,305mph. And the world presumed that this is the top most efficient invention of China in the exhibition!

But CH-5 became a bigger surprise to all who followed the updates of the details of exhibited aircraft and other machines according to Nature World News.

The chief designer Shi Wen revealed that the entire aircraft and war jets newly manufactured in China and exhibited at the exhibition are allowed to be exported. Moreover, the reports add that the government of China is having incessant discussions and negotiations with many international nations that wish to buy CH-5 from China. 

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