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Feb 17, 2022

It Sure Looks Like China Is Turning Old Fighter Jets Into Drones

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Why waste a perfectly good (but obsolete) fighter?


It sure looks like China is converting Cold War fighters into flying drones. Dozens of Shenyang J-16 fighter planes, spotted in satellite photos, are still present at China’s military airfields, despite the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) retiring the type in 2010. China could use the planes in a conflict, either masquerading them as modern jets, or using the drones to carry out combat missions of their own.

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