The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology, Taiwan
on November 15 displayed a series of unmanned aerial vehicles, notably the anti-radiation suicide UAV dubbed the "carrier killer"
According to China's Huanqiu, the drone is named "Jianxiang"
According to the introduction, this is an anti-radiation UAV with an operating radius of over 1,000km
Thus, most of China's radar stations in the Southeast coastal provinces are within striking range
and even all ships operating in the Taiwan Strait, including Chinese warships and aircraft carriers
According to a Taiwanese official, the "Jianxiang" drone helps to enforce the Taiwanese military's asymmetric warfare tactics
The UAV is small, has a endurance of about 5-6 hours, a speed of 200km/h, a dive speed of 500-600km/h, with strong maneuverability
This drone has an artificial intelligence (AI) system that, after being launched, can autonomously evade the enemy's fire network and find a target to attack
Taiwanese media reported that the Jianxiang is a key item in the "Plan to improve combat power" of the Taiwan Defense Agency
The agency has spent NT$11.9 billion, expects to produce 48 or more units a year and will complete the entire project by 2025
The complex is designed to defeat various enemy targets - land stationary and moving objects, ships, etc
To search for the target, a passive radar homing head is used, and the UAV is actually capable of performing a strike at any radiating object
First of all, enemy radars should be the goals for the Jian Xiang product
The UAV is made according to the “tailless” scheme with a pronounced cylindrical fuselage, a triangular wing and keel tips
In the root part of the wing two pairs of planes are laid out, which are laid out in flight
The nose of the device contains a passive rocket-propelled missile system, behind it is a high-explosive fragmentation warhead weighing several kilograms
The tail part is given under the low power piston engine. There is also a mount for the starting powder engine
The principle of operation of the UAV from the Jian Xiang is quite simple
Using the starting engine, the drone or drones take off from the launcher and independently depart for a given area
There, they must patrol and search for the radiating target, and then carry out the attack
Destruction of the target is carried out by direct impact of the UAV and the detonation of its warhead
The return of the device after a failed attack is not provided
It is claimed that disposable drones are capable of solving combat missions both independently and in a group
In the latter case, data is exchanged with the ground part of the complex, which collects information and distributes targets between striking vehiles
According to Taiwanese media, the Jianxiang UAV has passed the initial combat assessment
is capable of flying over the Taiwan Strait and carrying out a "suicide attack" on China's coastal land-based air defense radar
According to reviews, the Jiangxiang system is cheaper than the anti-radiation missile "Tianjian-2A"
and even cheaper than the US-made AGM-88, which costs hundreds of millions of yuan
According to the press, the cost of Jianxiang UAV is not more than NT$25 million