WZ-8 (drone)

WZ-8 (Hanzi: 无侦-8; Pinyin: Wú Zhēn-bā; harfiah: 'unmanned recon-8'), adalah kendaraan udara tak berawak supersonik yang diproduksi oleh Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). Diperkenalkan selama parade militer peringatan 70 tahun China, drone ini dimaksudkan untuk melakukan pengintaian udara strategis di Asia Tenggara, khususnya Taiwan dan Korea Selatan. Kemampuan pengintaiannya dilaporkan mencakup pencitraan elektro-optik, radar apertur sintetis, dan sensor lainnya.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Beberapa telah menyarankan drone akan dipersenjatai untuk memberikan kemampuan penolakan anti-akses/area strategis. Drone tidak dapat lepas landas dengan kekuatannya sendiri, melainkan diluncurkan dari udara dari kapal induk Xi'an H-6M setelah H-6 mencapai kecepatan dan ketinggian yang ditentukan.

Referensi

^ Shepherd, Christian; Chiang, Vic; Wu, Pei-Lin; Nakashima, Ellen (April 18, 2023). "China readies supersonic spy drone unit, leaked document says" . The Washington Post (dalam bahasa Inggris). ISSN 0190-8286. Diakses tanggal 2023-04-19.
^ "Cloud Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)". Airforce Technology. Airforce Technology.
^ Rogoway, Tyler (16 September 2019). "China Appears Set To Unveil Very High-Speed Drone During Big Military Parade In Beijing". The Drive.
^ Arthur, Gordon (30 September 2021). "China shows smorgasbord of innovative UAVs in Zhuhai". Shephard Media.
^ "Why China's New WZ-8 Hypersonic Surveillance Drone is Very Bad News for the U.S. Navy". Military Watch Magazine. 1 October 2019.
^ "无侦-8：中国首款"太空无人机"，速度6马赫，飞行高度可达50000米_腾讯新闻". Tencent News (dalam bahasa Chinese). Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2021-09-26. Diakses tanggal 2021-09-26.
^ Yeo, Mike (30 September 2021). "Chinese airshow offers glimpse at military's new drones". Defense News.
^ Chen, Chuanren (19 April 2023). "Leaked Document Shows Maturity In Chinese Supersonic Drone". Aviation Week.
^ Rogoway, Tyler (1 December 2019). "China's High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can't". The Drive.
^ "WZ-8 / BZK-008 CH-91 Hypersonic Drone Testbed". globalsecurity.

[:0-1] Shepherd, Christian; Chiang, Vic; Wu, Pei-Lin; Nakashima, Ellen (April 18, 2023). "China readies supersonic spy drone unit, leaked document says" . The Washington Post (dalam bahasa Inggris). ISSN 0190-8286. Diakses tanggal 2023-04-19.

[aft-2] "Cloud Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)". Airforce Technology. Airforce Technology.

[3] Rogoway, Tyler (16 September 2019). "China Appears Set To Unveil Very High-Speed Drone During Big Military Parade In Beijing". The Drive.

[4] Arthur, Gordon (30 September 2021). "China shows smorgasbord of innovative UAVs in Zhuhai". Shephard Media.

[5] "Why China's New WZ-8 Hypersonic Surveillance Drone is Very Bad News for the U.S. Navy". Military Watch Magazine. 1 October 2019.

[6] "无侦-8：中国首款"太空无人机"，速度6马赫，飞行高度可达50000米_腾讯新闻". Tencent News (dalam bahasa Chinese). Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2021-09-26. Diakses tanggal 2021-09-26.

[dn-7] Yeo, Mike (30 September 2021). "Chinese airshow offers glimpse at military's new drones". Defense News.

[8] Chen, Chuanren (19 April 2023). "Leaked Document Shows Maturity In Chinese Supersonic Drone". Aviation Week.

[aw2304-9] Rogoway, Tyler (1 December 2019). "China's High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can't". The Drive.

[gs-10] "WZ-8 / BZK-008 CH-91 Hypersonic Drone Testbed". globalsecurity.

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