On the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, everyone witnessed the demeanor of drones. It can be said that war without UAVs is already unthinkable. However, drones are not new, and their history even dates back to World War I.
During World War I, two British generals made a proposal to the British Society of Aeronautics, hoping to develop a small airplane that could be controlled by radio instead of being piloted, so that it could fly over a certain enemy target area and drop bombs mounted on the small plane in advance. This is the first time that the concept of a drone has been born!
But due to technical constraints, it was not until 1917 that the gyrostabilizer gyroscope was invented, and the UAV became a reality. Because the gyroscope can make the carrier still maintain a relatively stable state in the original direction when it is subjected to external impact. The Americans used gyroscope technology to create the first drone.
However, at that time, drones could not fly back to the starting point and could not be reused. It was not until 1935 that the British Royal Air Force invented the "Queen Bee" unmanned aerial vehicle, which is regarded as the "originator" of modern UAVs. It has a maximum flight altitude of 17,000 feet and a top speed of 100 miles per hour.
What I didn't expect was that the United States actually threatened China with drones. During the Cold War in the 60s of the 20 th century, the United States successively sent a number of unmanned reconnaissance planes into China's airspace in order to obtain China's military intelligence. However, although China's military strength was still weak at that time, it allowed American drones to come and go. Moreover, judging from the final outcome, the United States is simply giving China a big gift and achieving the progress of China's air defense science and technology.
In the 60s of the 20th century, when the Cold War was at its peak, the US Intelligence Agency successively dispatched 24 unmanned reconnaissance planes to try to secretly enter China's airspace for monitoring. Although the United States was equipped with the most advanced reconnaissance equipment at that time, hoping to obtain important military information about the deployment of China's ground forces and missile and air defense units, it also underestimated China's military strength.
As a result, as soon as these drones entered China's airspace, they were detected by Chinese radar and continuously monitored and tracked. In the end, China sent a number of fighter planes and used air-to-air missiles to shoot down all 24 unmanned reconnaissance planes of the US military.
And, more importantly, these US military drones simply did not have time to escape, and all of them fell on Chinese territory, and one of them became an exhibit in the China Aviation Museum.
This not only marked the complete failure of the U.S. plan to spy on China's intelligence, but also allowed China to obtain the wreckage of the damaged drone. This is equivalent to the Chinese side obtaining valuable technical information.
China's first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was born in 1958 and was developed by the 365th Research Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University. However, due to the backward level of industry, there is not much performance. However, in recent years, China's UAV technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and has successfully developed a series of fixed-wing UAVs such as "Xianglong", "Pterodactyl", "Rainbow", "Sword", "WJ600", etc., which have a very important position in the world.
This time, the Americans panicked. In the National Defense Authorization Act, signed by Biden in the United States, restrictions on Chinese drones have been further increased. The White House prohibits federal agencies from using foreign-made drones that have been deemed likely to pose a threat to the United States. However, this time, the United States has learned from the rules, and in the text of the bill, it does not directly specify specific countries or companies. However, according to the existing market data analysis, this move by the United States is aimed at Chinese drone manufacturers, which dominate the global drone market.
Funnily enough, the United States, which was the first to use drones for reconnaissance, believes that Chinese-made drones may be used as a way to obtain sensitive information, thus posing a potential threat to the United States. Because modern drone technology is very advanced, it can carry cameras, sensors and other detection devices, and it may be used to collect sensitive information such as the layout of military facilities and military activities.
However, Biden's introduction of such a ban is more likely to be out of helplessness. Because, Chinese UAVs are overtaking the United States across the board!At present, China has achieved a technological breakthrough in the field of stealth UAVs, which may change the pattern of future air operations and pose a greater challenge to the United States. Moreover, the development of stealth drone technology may upset the military balance between China and the United States. The United States will have to reassess its strategic deployment in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, which completely disrupts the overall strategy of the United States to contain and contain China.
At present, the types of UAVs in China include attack, transport, reconnaissance, etc., and they can play different roles in different environments. However, perhaps the most frightening thing for Americans is the swarm drones. They can take off and land autonomously, and are equipped with advanced sensor systems, high-definition cameras, advanced radar equipment, etc., which can quickly complete positioning and reconnaissance.
China's UAVs have also achieved the integration of reconnaissance and combat, not only being able to find targets, but also destroying targets faster, and even have the ability to coordinate operations with other ** systems to form a system combat capability!
The reason why China's swarm UAV can maintain normal communication contact in the electromagnetic environment has also shown that the spectrum expansion technology adopted by China can ensure that in the case of electromagnetic interference, the reliability of communication and the ability to resist interference can be improved, and more complex combat missions can be performed.
There is really no way, Biden just remembered to limit Chinese drones. Because, Chinese civilian drones have captured most of the market share in the United States. What everyone didn't expect was that the United States, the global technology hegemon, turned out to be the largest importer of Chinese drones. Data shows that in 2022, the United States imported more than 80 billion drone products from China, accounting for 1 4 of China's total drone exports in 2022.
However, the United States does not emphasize martial virtues, and even wants to prohibit US federal agencies from using Chinese drones, and even slander Chinese drones for military purposes. The United States is blatantly undermining the rules of the market economy!In this case, China is no longer polite and directly issued an announcement on the export control of drones.
In the future, China will impose export controls on some UAV engines, important payloads, radio communication equipment and civilian anti-UAV systems, impose temporary export controls on some consumer-grade UAVs for a period of 2 years, and prohibit the export of all other civilian UAVs not included in the controls for military purposes.
This is equivalent to a big counterattack to the United States!If the United States is still obsessed and continues to fight a scientific and technological war with China, China will definitely accompany it to the end!