UAV research and development in the United States, Europe and Israel leader, but also as a rising star of Chinese efforts to develop many types of UAVs, and actively participate in international competition. Malaysia, “Kuala Lumpur Safety Review” recently reported that China’s “Rainbow -3″ no attack aircraft not only frequent international air show debut, and received orders, also introduced the latest model. The report also speculated that this advanced unmanned attack aircraft have been borrowed from foreign designs.
“Rainbow -3″ no attack aircraft by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11 Research Institute, a 3-point landing gear and propeller engines, can be linked to two AR-1 anti-tank missiles. Reportedly, the “Rainbow -3″ already exported to some Asian countries. In another development, China is also ready to launch this year’s Zhuhai Air Show, the new “Rainbow” series of unmanned attack aircraft, may be the speculation of the “Rainbow -4.”
In addition, the “Kuala Lumpur Safety Review,” also revealed that cooperation between Malaysia and the UAE has developed a product called “Masahiro-R” of the UAV, the unmanned shape and size of China’s “Rainbow -3″ are surprisingly similar . Allegedly, this in order to improve the drone-based unmanned surveillance aircraft can carry from 100 kg load, but no armed.
“Kuala Lumpur security reviews” guess, “said Masahiro-R” was published in 2005, and China’s “Rainbow -3″ debut in 2008 in Zhuhai, separated by 3 to 4 years. Therefore, the “Rainbow -3″ may refer to the former design. But analysts pointed out that in the UAV field, multi-country phase with a kind of shape are also common. More importantly, the current “Masahiro-R” only unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, does not yet have the ability to attack the “Rainbow -3″ is already the attack / reconnaissance platform integrating mature, obviously superior.
