Source : NEW INDIAN EXPRESS NEWS
BEIJING: The Chinese navy has launched an amphibious assault ship which will double up as a drone carrier, integrating the battleship with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a Chinese naval official said.
China’s newly launched Type 076 amphibious assault ship will play a key role in boosting uncrewed combat capabilities, a navy commander has said in the first official acknowledgement of the warship’s widely speculated role as a drone carrier.
In an interview aired by state broadcaster CCTV on Sunday, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) naval commander Chi Jianjun said efforts to integrate uncrewed or UAV systems into military training were already underway across the fleet, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Monday.
Chi is commander of the PLA’s large destroyer, the domestically built Type 055 stealth guided-missile destroyer Nanchang.
The warship marked its fifth anniversary in service on Sunday.
SOURCE :- NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
