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    Dark Sword/Anjian<br />
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Images of a remotely piloted fighter jet designed by Chinese aircraft makers caused immediate paranoia on Tuesday at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.sg/chinas-dark-sword-fighter-jet-is-a-nightmare-for-the-us-military-2018-6/?r=US&IR=T" target="_blank">Business Insider</a>, which dubbed the aircraft a “nightmare for the US.”<br />
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The Dark Sword jet brings several threats to the table, BI reported. For
 example, the aircraft has supersonic flight performance, as indicated 
by "F-22-style vertical stabilizers," air combat expert Justin Bronk of 
British think tank Royal United Services told the outlet.<br />
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The US Navy initiated an unmanned combat aircraft program in the early 
2000s, but it was eventually terminated. Northrop Grumman's X-47B 
aircraft demonstrator conducted flight tests in 2013 from an aircraft 
carrier, but the Navy decided to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW_O2nbii7c" target="_blank">develop a drone</a> to perform aerial 
refueling missions for carrier operations instead. That program, now 
known as the MQ-25A Stingray, aims to put drone tankers onto carriers by
 the mid-2020s.<br />
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In addition to its speed, Dark Sword could give China an edge by 
relieving Beijing from having to train so many pilots, Bronk said, 
especially if the fighter-style drones can be mass produced. Large 
numbers of Dark Swords could "at the very least soak up missiles from US
 fighters," he said. "If you can produce lots of them, quantity has a 
quality of its own."<br />
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Dark Sword debut at the Zhuhai Airshow in 2006<br />
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Sub-scale remote model of the vehicle, fly in 2011<br />
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"At the very best," the supersonic plane would become a viable fighter 
aircraft in its own right, Bronk noted, in which case the US could be 
confronting a massive force of remotely piloted supersonic aircraft that
 might even exhibit greater maneuverability than manned adversaries 
since there is no pilot physically inside the plane whose vitals must be
 protected, BI reports. Piloted aircraft are limited in their 
maneuverability by g-forces exerted on the pilots inside, as too sharp a
 turn can force blood out of the pilot's head and cause loss of 
consciousness.<br />
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Nevertheless, the expert said that since "we only see what the Chinese 
want us to see," the plane's specifications on paper don't imply its 
actual fighting capabilities.
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The curious case of the reappearing Dark Sword

Dark Sword/Anjian Images of a remotely piloted fighter jet designed by Chinese aircraft makers caused immediate paranoia on Tuesday...

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China’s mysterious “Dark Sword” combat drone could become the world’s 
first supersonic unmanned aviation vehicle, reports the website of the 
country’s national broadcaster CCTV.<br />
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The Dark Sword — known in Chinese as “Anjian” — made quite a stir in 
2006 when a conceptual model of the unusually shaped triangular aircraft
 made its debut at the Zhuhai Airshow in southern China’s Guangdong 
province.<br />
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The model was subsequently exhibited at the Paris Air Show but has 
disappeared from future airshows, with no official word on the 
development of the UAV. Some claim the project has already been scrapped
 due to insufficient funding or other reasons, while others believe the 
development of the drone is now being kept secret as it is undergoing 
further research and testing.<br />
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Chinese aviation expert Fu Qianshao told CCTV that while he does not 
know the status of the Dark Sword project, the drone could become the 
world’s first supersonic UAV if it proves a success. He said he would 
not be surprised if the project is still ongoing in secret as a lack of 
transparency is nothing new for the aviation industry and is an approach
 commonly taken by the Americans.<br />
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Fu believes even conceptual models of aircraft can reveal something 
about a country’s technology and the quality of its research and 
development, adding that analyzing models at Zhuhai can allow experts to
 gauge the pulse of China’s aviation industry and pick up data that may 
be more valuable than what the developers are leaking out to the public.<br />
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Fu said he was excited by the appearance of the US Air Force’s C-17 
Globemaster III large military transport aircraft at Zhuhai this year 
because it demonstrates that China’s aviation industry has reached a 
certain level.<br />
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There have been many arms manufacturers from Europe who want to exhibit 
their products at Zhuhai but have been unable due to arms embargoes, Fu 
said. These countries are desperate to show off their products in the 
hope that China or other countries will buy them because domestic demand
 alone is insufficient to sustain production, he added.<br />
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While air shows provide a platform to display new aviation products, the
 most advanced weapons and core technologies of other countries cannot 
be easily bought, Fu said, adding that if China wants to become one of 
the world leaders in the aviation industry it must develop its own 
technologies.<br />
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