Is China's Stealth Drone For Real?

Sharp Sword. Photo: via Secretprojects.co.uk

Does China Have A Stealth Drone? -- Killer Apps

While Iran's got a somewhat less than "Epic" new propeller-powered UAV, China might be jumping on the stealth drone band wagon sooner than you thought.

Extremely blurry photos posted on Internet forums over the past few months may show a Chinese stealth UAV, supposedly called the Lijan or Sharp Sword, along the lines of the U.S. Navy's X-47B.

Until now, we've seen photos of Chinese-made versions of propeller-driven drones that strongly resemble their American counterparts like the MQ-9 Reaper.

We've also seen photos of what may be a Chinese attempt at building a jet-powered spy drone similar to the RQ-4 Global Hawk, a high-altitude strategic spy plane.

China has been developing what amount to mock-ups and model airplanes of stealth drones for years now. But it's unclear whether the plane shown above is an actual production jet, or just another mock up. (It might also be a fake, like this false image of a Chinese stealth jet that was circulating the Internet in 2011.)

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My Comment: The Chinese have the know-how and the determination to have a fleet of unmanned drones in the near future. I do not know if these few grainy pictures of what looks like a drone are real ..... but I do know that the Chinese do have a habit of eventually getting what they want