China’s Stealth UCAV and the Rise of the Unmanned Carrier Air Wing

Video with Chinese subtitles: China’s Stealth UCAV and the Rise of the Unmanned Carrier Air Wing 影片有中文字幕: 中國隱形無人戰鬥機與無人艦載機聯隊的崛起

The flight deck of a Fujian-class carrier gleams under floodlights. Crew moves like clockwork, fuel lines, chocks, tethers, everything choreographed down to the second. Then, the deck master gives the nod. Catapult steam hisses. A low, faceless aircraft slides forward, accelerates, and vanishes into the black.

Moments later, radars three hundred kilometers away pick up a flash, an anti-radar missile detonating on a distant mountaintop where once stood a radar array. Pilots on the carrier watch their screens. No manned fighter launched, but targets are neutralized. The voice in the comms is crisp and calm: “Sharp Sword team, return to carrier for rearming.”

On the bridge, an intelligence officer taps a note: “That launch came from the deck.”

Silence follows. Then a single, loaded question hangs in the air: How many of those are on the next cycle?

This is no solo drone demonstration. This is the beginning of a new air wing doctrine, manned jets and GJ-11 ‘Sharp Sword’ UCAVs operating together from carriers to overwhelm defenses and take risks no pilot would.

福建級航空母艦的飛行甲板在泛光燈下熠熠生輝。機組人員動作精準，燃油管路、輪擋、繫繩，一切都安排得井井有條，精確到秒。然後，甲板長點了點頭。彈射器發出嘶嘶的蒸氣聲。一架低空飛行、面目全非的飛機向前滑行，加速，消失在黑暗中。

片刻之後，三百公里外的雷達捕捉到一道閃光，一枚反雷達飛彈在遠處一座曾經矗立著雷達陣列的山頂上爆炸。航母上的飛行員注視著螢幕。沒有有人駕駛的戰鬥機升空，但目標已被消滅。通訊器裡傳來清脆而平靜的聲音：“利劍小組，返回航母重新裝備。”

在艦橋上，一名情報官員敲了敲筆記：“導彈是從甲板發射的。”

隨後一片寂靜。那麼，一個懸而未決的問題擺在眼前：有多少這樣的無人機會進入下一個週期？

這可不是單機無人機的示範。這是一個全新艦載機聯隊作戰理論的開端：載人戰鬥機和GJ-11「利劍」無人戰鬥機將在航空母艦上協同作戰，以壓倒性優勢壓制敵方防禦，並承擔任何飛行員都不敢承擔的風險.