China Deployed A Fleet Of Drones To Monitor The Latest American, British and Japanese Naval Exercise

A Chinese TB-001 drone. Japanese defense ministry 

Forbes: When A Huge Allied Fleet Gathered Near China, It Had Company—A Bunch Of Chinese Drones 

When the American, British and Japanese navies surged three aircraft carriers and a helicopter carrier into the waters south of Japan this month, the Chinese military responded with a surge of its own. 

A drone surge. 

 On no fewer than three occasions, Chinese surveillance drones shadowed the allied fleet, prompting the Japanese air force to launch fighters. 

The intensive robotic surveillance, which comes after years of growth in Beijing’s drone force, hints at how Chinese forces might wage naval war in the Western Pacific. 

To keep enemy carriers away from the Philippine and China Seas, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force deploys hundreds of anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles. But those missiles are useless without accurate targeting data. 

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WNU Editor: Another example where we are shown why drones are the future of warfare.

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