"Scary than rockets": China turned Soviet aircraft into drones with 250 kg of explosives

To spread: China (NVAK) People-Liberation Army presented a combat drone created on the basis of a writer J-6. The new drone was demonstrated at a airfast in Changchun in northeast China. Its appearance confirmed many years of rumors that the NVAK tried to re-profile its outdated J-6 park, writes South China Morning Post (SCMP). It is reported that the J-20 is a Soviet MiG-19, which was made in China under a license. It has a maximum speed of 1.

3 Mach, a battle range of 700 km and is able to carry a bomb weighing up to 250 kg. According to Interesting Engineering, in the period between the 1960s and 1980s, China released thousands of J-6. According to some estimates, there are about 3,000 these aircraft in the PRC, which makes the new program a cost -effective option for depletion war.

Song Zhunpin, a former NVAK instructor and military commentator, said the Chinese media that a recycled aircraft can be used for Taiwan attacks, forcing the island to use expensive interceptors such as Patriot and Taiwanese Tien Chien-2. "I am not afraid of dongfeng [ballistic missiles], I worry about this drone. Hundreds or even thousands of these planes can fly more swarm that will be scary than rockets," said the retired Lieutenant General Taiwana Shuau Shuau Hua-Mint on Ctitv.