Leaps and bounds: Chinese drones already in the Algerian army
According to photographs and video footage from Algerian television, during a visit to the Ain Usera airbase in the 1st military region, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah, Deputy Minister of National Defense - Chief of the General Staff of the National People's Army, was presented with Chinese CH-4 and CH-3 drones, as well as UAV flights were demonstrated. The drones on display were unarmed, but the CH-4 shows external hardpoints. CH-4 has a length of 8,5 and a height of 3,4 meters, respectively, the wingspan of this drone is 18 meters. The power plant is represented by one piston engine, which allows the drone to fly at a cruising speed of 180 km / h, while the autonomy of the UAV is up to 30 hours (without additional load).
In addition, according to the Ministry of National Defense of Algeria, in the course of the last drone drone exercises, target designation was carried out for Algerian Mi-28HE “Night Hunter” helicopters of Russian production.
Algeria has become the fourth operator of the Chinese UAV CH-4 in the Arab world after the Iraqi, Jordanian and Saudi Arabian air forces. Another CH-3 model was shipped to Nigeria and Turkmenistan, while Pakistan produced the Chinese version of the CH-3 UAV under the designation Burrak.
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