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PMC Wagner with the Help of China Creates Swarms of Drones for Attacks on Ukraine - Mirror (ЧВК "Вагнер" с помощью Китая создает рои дронов для ударов по Украине, - Mirror) February 01, 2023 | Focus PMC Wagner received 2,500 DJI Mavic 2 drones from China. The companies cooperate in developing technologies of the "swarm drones" for strikes on the territory of Ukraine.
China to Build Satellite Ground Stations on Antarctica February 03, 2023 | Engineering and Technology The country’s state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) won a 43.95 million yuan bid for a project to develop new ground stations at Zhongshan, located by Prydz Bay in East Antarctica, south of the Indian Ocean. The ground stations will help track the tens of thousands of satellites and other objects in Earth’s orbit and predict their location in real-time. Chinese state media stated that, “the ground stations in the Antarctic scientific research base would help China’s eight marine observation satellites scout for marine resources exploitation, monitor the ecology of coastal zones and marine disasters, and develop China’s maritime economy.” However, some nations have expressed concerns that China could use the ground stations for espionage.
Iran To Supply China With 15,000 Drones, Official Says February 09, 2023 | Middle East Monitor According to the UK-based news outlet, Iran International, an unnamed advisor to Iran's Intelligence Minister revealed at a ceremony at Qazvin International University that China is in the "queue" to receive 15,000 Iranian drones. Tehran has also been found providing Moscow with drone’s months before Russia launched its invasion.
China to Export Type 052D Destroyers, Signalling More Advanced Ships in the Pipeline: Analyst February 12, 2023 | South China Morning Post According to this report, China intends to export its Type 052D missile guided destroyers to allow for the production of more advanced warships. The report states that this decision will make the Type 052D the most powerful anti-aircraft vessel on the market. The export version will be designated as Type 052DE. Sales are expected to be low because of the price of the vessel. China's usual customers such as Pakistan will only be able to afford few of the vessels.
DR Congo Buys Nine Chinese Attack Drones for Use in War Against M23 Rebels February 23, 2023 | China Global South Project This article highlights an article in Africa Intelligence newspaper, which reports that the Congolese government has purchased nine Chinese-made CH-4 attack drones to the fight against the M23 rebels in the eastern DRC. The first batch of three drones will be delivered in April 2023, and the rest to be shipped later this year. The new CH-4s will be deployed to the South Kavumu military airport within range of the battle zone.
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