New Chinese CH-5 MALE Combat Aerial Vehicle With 30 Hour Endurance

Chinese state television displayed CH-5 Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Combat Aerial Vehicle. CH-5 is being developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

CH-5 Long-Endurance Combat Aerial Vehicle has maximum take-off weight of more than three tonnes and it can carry atleast 6 air to surface missiles and has endurance exceeding 30 hours. It can carry upto one tonne of weapons.

CH-5 will also be capable of carrying wall-penetrating radar to identify and track targets inside a building, therefore it will be more suited to counter terrorism missions. 

Chinese CH-5 medium altitude long endurance Combat Aerial Vehicle is very similar in designe to US MQ-9 Reaper unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV).