Armed & Dangerous: Chinese Pterodactyl B CH-4 Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Combat Aerial Vehicle

An image of Chinese Pterodactyl B CH-4 Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Combat Aerial Vehicle displayed at China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition 2014 (Airshow China 2014) with complete range of weapons. 

Beside usual KD-10 air-to-surface anti-tank guided missiles, China has choosed to display many new guided weapons which may use semi-active laser homing, TV, Imaging IR (ImIR), or millimeter wave (MMW) radar for terminal phase of attack.

The CH-4 UCAV is Chinese equivalent of American MQ-9 Reaper unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV).  When compared to Pterodactyl, It has two additional weapon stations to carry more weapons and endurance of over 30 hours.


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