The Chinese military conducted tests of the Wing Loong strike unmanned aerial vehicle for cargo delivery. According to Jane's, during the tests, the military checked the accuracy of dumping the container with security.
The military of several countries around the world is studying the possibility of using robots of different classes to deliver ammunition and provisions to remote or hard-to-reach military bases. It is believed that this technique will make delivery safer and involve fewer people in transportation.
During tests conducted in November 2020, the Chinese military hung a container on the Wing Loong drone that looks like an aircraft bomb. After the drop at a given point, the container opened a parachute, and it smoothly descended to the ground, where it was picked up by the soldiers.
Other details about the tests, including the type of cargo, were not disclosed.
Earlier it became known that units of the Tibetan military region of the people's liberation army of China began using drones to deliver ammunition and provisions to remote military bases.
The Chinese military uses hexacopters to deliver food and ammunition. In particular, such apparatuses were used in the Tibetan highlands during military exercises held in early September 2020.
The devices performed flights at an altitude of 4.5 thousand meters above sea level. Upon arrival at the destination, the drones did not land so that they could be removed from the cargo, but dropped it in a container.
Vasily Sychev
