The rise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been present in the US military for a decade. Now, China is getting stronger with their own UAV army and they have the ability to catch up quickly thanks to an incredible industrial machine capable of building quickly and inexpensively. Over the next 8 years, they plan on having an army of over 40K of these unmanned killing machines.
China’s military plans to produce nearly 42,000 land-based and sea-based unmanned weapons and sensor platforms as part of its continuing, large-scale military buildup, the Pentagon’s annual report on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) disclosed Friday.