China’s latest stealth endurance drone, CH-7, completes maiden flight

The CH-7 has completed its maiden flight, although China’s state media says it will undergo further tests. -- Photo: Handout / SCMP

BEIJING (SCMP): China’s latest long-endurance stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the CH-7, has completed its maiden flight, further expanding Beijing’s rapidly growing arsenal of autonomous weapons.

State broadcaster CCTV said on Monday that China’s new high-altitude, high-speed, long-endurance CH-7 had recently completed its first flight.