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China, WZ-7 UAV update #4866

Closed LuigiP57 closed 1 month ago

LuigiP57 commented 3 months ago

DB Selector

DB3K

Affected DBID(s)

Aircraft 4623

Summary of Changes

[ ] Add WZ-7 AESA
[ ] Add IR & TV Camera (20nm/100nm class)
[ ] May add a carrier capable property to it, or add a hypothetical carrier capable version

Sources

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/03/china-unveils-naval-variant-of-wz-7-recon-drone/ https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-massive-next-generation-amphibious-assault-ship-takes-shape https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-11/China-s-WZ-7-reconnaissance-UAVs-deployed-for-combat-training-156wAWFV8KQ/index.html IR & TV Camera under its nose:

LuigiP57 commented 1 month ago

New images of WZ-7 https://twitter.com/Hurin92/status/1833826868329394539

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 1 month ago

Handled 509. Only added the AESA to the PLANAF version as they appear to be different (PLAAF versions don't have the frontal WTM).