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Satellite Imagery Captures Divine Eagle UAV at Shenyang

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Enormous Divine Eagle UAV is larger than the U.S. Air Force’s 
Global Hawk, recently released satellite imagery suggests. While China’s 
UAVs are getting better, if not bigger, little is known about one of its
 latest models.</div>
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Photos of mysterious UAV appeared in May and June
 while a concept of operations along with payload specs was released 
earlier in February.<br />
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The Divine Eagle (or Shen Diao) is built by the Shenyang Aircraft 
Corporation’s 601 Institute and will operate as a high altitude long 
endurance surveillance drone helping defend airspace against 
would-be adversaries. </div>
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Concept of operations suggests the drone 
will provide early warning against enemy aircraft and support the battle
 management mission directing friendly targeting of enemy carrier 
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A recent space snapshot acquired by DigitalGlobe shows the 
twin-fuselage, single-engine drone parked on the south end of Shenyang’s
 runway, possibly indicative of pre-post flight activity.<br />
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Although, the activity could also suggest taxi trials, it was rumored 
that the aircraft’s first test flight occurred sometime in December, 
according to internet sources. </div>
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Imagery also confirmed details 
about the drone’s specific characteristics. Measurements taken in Google
 Earth would indicate a wingspan and length of approximately 40 and 15 
meters, respectively.<br />
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With its large size and aft-mounted high aspect ratio wings, it’s 
suspected to have a take off weight over 15 tons, which would be larger 
than the Global Hawk, just over 14.5 tons.</div>
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Though little else can be 
confirmed, payload specs released in February of a similar variant 
appeared to suggest a variety of surveillance and targeting 
capabilities.<br />
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The graphic identified at least 5 radars integrated into the airframe 
including a 160 degree forward-looking X/UHF AMTI AESA radar, two 120 
degree side-looking X/UHF AMTI/SAR/GMTI AESA and two rear-looking X/UHF 
AMTI AESA covering 152 degrees.</div>
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In other words, the drone’s radars provide 360-degree coverage, 
identifying targets regardless of weather conditions and stealth 
characteristics.<br />
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Satellite Imagery Captures Divine Eagle UAV at Shenyang

Enormous Divine Eagle UAV is larger than the U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawk, recently released satellite imagery suggests. Wh...

Divine Eagle Drone : The world's biggest UAV

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<img alt="Divine Eagle China UAV" class="full-width unveil-processed full-visible" data-lgsrc="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/large_1x_/public/divine_eagle_uav_-_2-side_profile_0.jpg?itok=OWjx5K1s" data-medsrc="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/medium_1x_/public/divine_eagle_uav_-_2-side_profile_0.jpg?itok=A9JKaWxw" data-smsrc="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/small_1x_/public/divine_eagle_uav_-_2-side_profile_0.jpg?itok=sJToEz4N" data-src="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/medium_1x_/public/divine_eagle_uav_-_2-side_profile_0.jpg?itok=A9JKaWxw" src="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/medium_1x_/public/divine_eagle_uav_-_2-side_profile_0.jpg?itok=A9JKaWxw" /><br />
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The Divine Eagle has a single engine nestled between its tailfins, with a
 diameter of over 1 meter. This makes the engine likely to be a medium 
non-afterburning turbofan producing 3 to 5 tons of thrust, which in turn
 is usually enough to power a UAV of 12-18 tons in maximum takeoff 
weight.<br />
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 In comparison, the largest American UAV in open service, the 
RQ-4 Global Hawk, uses a F-137-RR-100 turbofan engine with 3.4 tons of 
thrust.<br />
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 The Divine Eagle has a five wheel landing gear layout. The 
double bodied layout was chosen in order to provide the surface area for
 carrying large radars, while minimizing internal volume and weight. <br />
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<img alt="Divine Eagle China UAV" class="full-width unveil-processed full-visible" data-lgsrc="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/large_1x_/public/real_divine_eagle.jpg?itok=GJ3W5WtZ" data-medsrc="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/medium_1x_/public/real_divine_eagle.jpg?itok=9ZyX6Vo0" data-smsrc="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/small_1x_/public/real_divine_eagle.jpg?itok=MQtsR-U_" data-src="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/medium_1x_/public/real_divine_eagle.jpg?itok=9ZyX6Vo0" height="302" src="http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/medium_1x_/public/real_divine_eagle.jpg?itok=9ZyX6Vo0" width="640" /><br />
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By using the single deck bus in the background (probably 3.2 meters 
tall, like most buses of its type) as a very crude visual yardstick, a 
very rough comparison suggests that the Divine Eagle is 6 meters tall, 
and 15 meters long (since most high altitude large UAVs have a wingspan 
to body length ratio of 2.5:1 to 3:1, the wingspan of the Divine Eagle 
is likely its be 35 to 45 meters across).<br />
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 The differing yellow, green 
and grey blue primer coatings on the Divine Eagle suggest the usage of 
different materials like composite and aluminum alloys for different 
sections of the UAV.<br />
For example, the grey blue forward dome on the 
port (left) body is likely to contain a satellite dish for long distance
 communications, suggesting that the material used in the grey blue 
sections are likely to be highly permeable to electromagnetic waves.<br />
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The grey blue is also to be found on the starboard side of the right 
body (facing outside), and if the airframe composition is symmetrical, 
likely to be found on the portside of the left body (also facing out).  
Such electromagnetic permeables are likely to house the Divine Eagle's 
long range anti-stealth radars (radomes are made of radar transparent 
materials), indicating that its radar arrays are 10 meters long, which 
suggests transmitting lower frequency (L and S Band) radar waves (most 
stealth aircraft are optimized to evade higher frequency, such as X 
band, radar). <i></i><br />
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The green primer likely covers lightweight materials such
 as composite, while the yellow primer near the engine suggests some 
stronger metal alloy, probably to support the engine weight and height. 
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Divine Eagle Drone : The world's biggest UAV

The Divine Eagle has a single engine nestled between its tailfins, with a diameter of over 1 meter. This makes the engine likely to ...

Divine Eagle : High-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAV

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Divine Eagle

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This large high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAV has been under 
development at 601 Institute/SAC as an "anti-stealth" AEW platform.<br />
The 
UAV features a novel twin fuselage/twin vertical tailfin design with the
 straight main wing extending across the rear fuselage. It also has a 
small wing structure connecting the forward sections of twin fuselages. A
 SATCOM antenna is expected to be installed inside one of the head 
bulges.<br />
The UAV is thought to be powered by a turbofan engine (WS-11?) 
located above the main wing and between the two vertical tainfins. As an
 AEW platform Divine Eagle is expected to have multiple conformal radar 
antennas installed on the forward fuselages facing different directions.<br />
The VHF meter wave radar is capable of detecting stealth aircraft at a 
relatively long range but suffers from a lower accuracy. Therefore 
several Divine Eagles may typically fly in a group formation ahead while
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ng controlled via datalink by the AWACS flying behind in a safe 
distance or by the ground station protected by the air defense unit. 
Together they act as an airborne multistatic radar system and are able 
to pick up the radar reflection signals of the same stealth aircraft 
from multiple directions.<br />
As the result the UAV can extend both the 
detecting range and accuracy of the AWACS against stealth aircraft. The 
design of Divine Eagle appear to share some similarity with the Russian 
Sukhoi S-62 concept which first appeared around 2000. It was reported 
that Russian assistance was sought during the initial development stage.<br />
A technology demonstrator was built by the spring 2015. Some 
specifications (estimated): height 6m, length 14m, wingspan 35m, 
endurance >10hr, ceiling 18km.<br />
If successfully entering the service, 
Divine Eagle would become the first airborne anti-stealth radar system 
in the world and could be used to counter American F-22s, F-35s and 
B-2s.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Divine Eagle. Enormous Stealth Hunting Drone, Takes Shape</span></b><br />
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    Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer  
| </span>Popular Science </i><br />
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While the Divine Eagle reportedly first flew in February 2015, filtered 
photos of the UAV have only now emerged on the Chinese Internet 
(filtering photos to blur visual details is one way Chinese Internet 
denizens avoid censorship).  The timing is notable. Coming shorty after 
the release of the first Chinese defense White Paper calling for Chinese
 military expeditionary capabilities and high profile Sino-Russian naval
 exercises, the Divine Eagle is a visual announcement that China's 
building unique technologies that could change the brewing arms race in 
the Asia Pacific.<br />
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    Real Deal<br />

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    Compared to original design concepts, the Divine Eagle prototype 
has less stealthy features, such as conventional vertical stabilizers 
(upright tailfins), and an unshielded engine intake located in between 
the tailfins.<br />
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The details on the photo confirm that the Divine Eagle is a single 
engine, twin bodied aircraft with two large vertical stabilizers 
(tails).  Compared to the initial concept art and drawings available in 
February, the latest Divine Eagle iteration is less stealthy, having two
 satellite communications domes, completely vertical tails and an 
exposed engine intake.   Determining the Divine Eagle's size is 
difficult, but assuming that the fuselage has a diameter of 1.2-1.5 
meters (large enough to accommodate stealth detecting X-band radars), 
the photo suggests a fuselage height to length ratio of 1:12, giving a 
probable length of 14.4 meters to 18 meters.  Gauging the wingspan is 
more difficult, but it may likely be 40-50 meters in width.<br />
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    360 Radars<br />

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    Hongjian and henri K<br />

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    The 7 radars include a X/UHF AMTI Active Electronically Scanned 
Array (AESA) radar on the front, two X/UHF AMTI/SAR/GMTI AESA radars on 
the twin booms, two X/UHF AMTI AESA radars on either side of the engine 
nozzles, and two more radars on the end of the booms. AMTI and GMTI 
radars are used for tracking air and surface targets, respectively, 
while SAR is used to provide detailed imagines of ground targets like 
bases and infrastructure.<br />
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The Divine Eagle is planned to carry multiple Active Electronically 
Scanned Array (AESA) radars, of the AMTI, SAR and GMTI varities.  
Airborne Moving Target Indicator (AMTI) radar types are used to track 
airborne targets, like enemy fighters and cruise missiles. Synthetic 
Aperture Radar (SAR) provides high resolution of slow moving ground 
vehicles and enemy bases. Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) radars 
are ideal for identifying and tracking ships, such as aircraft carriers.
 X/UHF band radars, which include the "F-22 killer" JY-26 that debuted 
at Zhuhai 2014, have raised concerns in the American military that they 
could track stealth aircraft like the F-35 fighter and B-2 bomber at 
long ranges.<br />
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    Divine Eagle Hunts<br />

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    The offensive applications of the Divine Eagle are demonstrated 
here, as two Divine Eagles mark out not just the enemy aircraft carrier,
 but also its escorting warships and aviation wing, while vectoring 
friendly aircraft and ships into combat.  One presumes that the Divine 
Eagle would also be able to find targets for the infamous DF-21D 
anti-ship ballistic missile.<br />
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As a High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) UAV, the Divine Eagle would 
prove incredibly useful in both offensive and defensive operations.  Its
 long range anti-stealth capabilities can be used against both aircraft,
 like the B-2 bomber, and warships such as the DDG-1000 destroyer.  
Using the Divine Eagle as a picket, the Chinese air force could quickly 
intercept stealthy enemy aircraft, missiles and ships well before they 
come in range of the Mainland.  Flying high, the Divine Eagle could also
 detect anti-ship missile trucks and air defenses on land, in 
preparation for offensive Chinese action.<br />
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    JY-26 Radar<br />

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    The JY-26 "Skywatch" AESA Radar, operates in the long wave band 
to detect stealth aircraft, which are often optimized against detection 
by shorter wavelenghts.  The JY-26 is claimed to have a range of 500km 
and Chinese media claimed it detected F-22 Raptor fighters off the South
 Korean coast in mid 2014.  The Divine Eagle is likely to have similar 
radar technology to detect stealth bomber and fighters at long range.<br />
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The Divine Eagle is part of a larger Chinese trend in building 
high technology, unique systems that respond to US plans for Air Sea 
Battle and "Offsets. They extend the reach of the PLA and meet the needs
 of the PLA to both break through the anti-access response plans of 
opponents, while also defending against hostile power projection. As a 
recent article by one of our team notes, as these capabilities become 
real, they could undercut key assumptions behind the entire US strategy 
of deference in the Pacific<br />
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Divine Eagle : High-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAV

Divine Eagle This large high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAV has been under development at 601 Institute/SAC a...

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<b>Divine Eagle Hunts</b> <i><span style="color: #4d4dff;">Hongjian via China Defense Forum</span></i>
 The offensive applications of the Divine Eagle are demonstrated here, 
as two Divine Eagles mark out not just the enemy aircraft carrier, but 
also its escorting warships and aviation wing, while vectoring friendly 
aircraft and ships into combat. One presumes that the Divine Eagle would
 also be able to find targets for the infamous DF-21D anti-ship 
ballistic missile.<br />  <br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">IT'S GOING TO HUNT STEALTH BOMBERS</span>  </b><br />
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New images of testing materials have emerged of China's largest ever 
UAV, the secretive Divine Eagle. Compared to other Chinese aviation 
projects like the J-20 stealth fighter and Y-20 heavy transport 
aircraft, the lack of publicly available photos of the Divine Eagle 
suggests that like the American RQ-180, this giant drone is a strategic 
and sensitive asset. Given the presence of official diagrams and wind 
tunnel testing, the Divine Eagle is likely to be a real Chinese project,
 built by the "black project" division of the venerable Shenyang 
Aircraft Corporation. Reliable Internet sources also indicate that the 
Divine Eagle conducted its first flight in December 2014 or early 2015.<br />
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<b>Divine Eagle Three View</b> <i><span style="color: #4d4dff;">Hongjian at China Defense Forum</span></i>
 This three view graphic of the Divine Eagle shows its stealthy 
features, such as canted wings, serpentine engine intakes and flat 
surface area ruling. Its unique double body design gives it room to 
enough AESA radars for 360 degree coverage in detecting stealth 
aircraft.<br />
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<b>Testing</b> <i><span style="color: #4d4dff;">Hongjian via China Defense Forum</span></i>
 These computer simulations show the aerodynamic performance of the 
Divine Eagle, the bottom image shows its performance at Mach 0.8 speed, 
at a 25 km altitude (though the Divine Eagle may not be always operating
 at such flight parameters).<br />
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The Divine Eagle has a very unique design, similar to the World War II 
U.S. P-38 Lightning fighter. It has a forward fuselage attached to twin 
booms, which are also attached to a large, inverted Pelican tail rear 
wing that houses the twin turbofan engines. Wind tunnel tests indicate 
that the Divine Eagle has been tested in simulated conditions of Mach 
0.8 speed and 25 km altitude, which would likely indicate its top speed 
and flight ceiling (the RQ-4 Global Hawk's flight ceiling is about 18 
km). Assuming that the satellite communications disk on the blueprint 
has a 1 meter diameter, the Divine Eagle would have a length of 25 
meters and a 50 meter wingspan. This would indicate that the Divine 
Eagle is likely to have a maximum takeoff weight of between 15-20 tons, 
which would make it one of the world's largest UAVs.<br />
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<b>360 Radars</b> <i><span style="color: #4d4dff;">Hongjian and henri K</span></i>
 The 7 radars include a X/UHF AMTI Active Electronically Scanned Array 
(AESA) radar on the front, two X/UHF AMTI/SAR/GMTI AESA radars on the 
twin booms, two X/UHF AMTI AESA radars on either side of the engine 
nozzles, and two more radars on the end of the booms. AMTI and GMTI 
radars are used for tracking air and surface targets, respectively, 
while SAR is used to provide detailed imagines of ground targets like 
bases and infrastructure.<br />
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<b>JY-26 Radar</b> <i><span style="color: #4d4dff;">Sina Defense</span></i>
 The JY-26 "Skywatch" AESA Radar, operates in the long wave band to 
detect stealth aircraft, which are often optimized against detection by 
shorter wavelenghts. The JY-26 is claimed to have a range of 500km and 
Chinese media claimed it detected F-22 Raptor fighters off the South 
Korean coast in mid 2014. The Divine Eagle is likely to have similar 
radar technology to detect stealth bomber and fighters at long range.<br />
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The Divine Eagle design has seven radars that provide it with complete 
360 coverage, including a X/UHF AMTI Active Electronically Scanned Array
 (AESA) radar on the front, two X/UHF AMTI/SAR/GMTI AESA radars on the 
twin booms, two X/UHF AMTI AESA radars on either side of the engine 
nozzles, and two more radars on the end of the booms. Airborne Moving 
Target Indicator (AMTI) radar types are used to track airborne targets, 
like enemy fighters and cruise missiles. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) 
provides high resolution of slow moving ground vehicles and enemy bases.
 Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) radars are ideal for identifying 
and tracking ships, such as aircraft carriers. X/UHF band radars, which 
include the "F-22 killer" JY-26 that debuted at Zhuhai 2014, have raised
 concerns in the American military that they could track stealth 
aircraft like the F-35 fighter and B-2 bomber at long ranges.<br />
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<b>Divine Eagle at War</b> <i><span style="color: #4d4dff;">Hongjian and henri K</span></i>
 The Divine Eagle is shown here in both offensive operations (providing 
targeting for smart bombs to strike enemy SAM, communications, bunkers 
and ballistic ICBMs) as well as defensive operations (detecting American
 stealth aircraft before they enter China airspace).<br />
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Compared to its stealthy American counterpart, the RQ-180, the Divine 
Eagle is designed more for operational reconnaissance rather than 
strategic intelligence, direct flights over denied territory. While it 
has a very stealthy design, the Divine Dragon's high flight ceiling 
means that enemy fighters would have difficulty engaging it, and its 
long range radar would allow it to stay away from air defenses like the 
AEGIS when guiding Chinese anti-ship missiles at carriers. The Divine 
Eagle's could datalink with Chinese SAMs on land and sea to shoot down 
low flying cruise missiles. The Divine Eagle would even have a role in 
striking down enemy A2/AD networks, by locating enemy surface to air 
missiles (SAM) launchers to be destroyed by Chinese smart bombs. At the 
same time, the Divine Eagle can locate enemy stealth bombers, fighters, 
drones and cruise missiles, and then summon Chinese fighters to defend 
the Mainland.<br />
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<b>Divine Configurations</b> <i><span style="color: #4d4dff;">Hongjian and Henri K</span></i>
 The Divine Eagle, in its initial design phase, underwent an analysis of
 potential airframe configurations. The consideration of a conic design,
 boxed wing and twin boom fuselage indicate that the General Armaments 
Department (the PLA's procurement arm) wanted a very high altitude UAV 
capable of long duration flights.<br />
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That Chinese Internet censors are allowing Divine Eagle technical 
descriptions to proliferate online is notable. It could be a 
psychological response to U.S. interest in Third Offset systems like 
drone swarms and the Long Range Strike Bomber. The Divine Eagle's 
ability to protect large areas of Chinese airspace against stealth 
aircraft makes any air raid against China a much more dangerous and 
difficult task. In turn, the Divine Eagle's airborne surveillance 
capabilities would increase the lethality of Chinese offensives by 
improving the quality of targeting information about enemy warships, 
bunkers, airfields and missile launchers. Finally, just as American UAS 
are used in intelligence gathering and surveillance roles for everything
 from earthquake response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Divine 
Eagle would presents a great leap forward for Chinese expeditionary 
capabilities.<br />
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<i>By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer. 
China Flies Its Largest Ever Drone: The Divine Eagle | Popular Science</i><br />
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