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China's New Drone Rules Spare the FPV and Go After the Paperwork Behind Ukraine's Parts
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China's New Drone Rules Spare the FPV and Go After the Paperwork Behind Ukraine's Parts

Beijing's Nov. 18 licence list draws its motor lines above FPV hardware. The customs queries and spec declarations that come with it reach the third-country routes Ukrainian drone makers use to buy Chinese parts.

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BeiDou

China's independent global positioning, navigation and timing constellation, combining open and restricted signals with a distinctive satellite short-message service.

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J-50

The Shenyang J-50 (J-XDS) is China's second sixth-generation fighter prototype — a tailless, twin-engine lambda-wing jet with swiveling wingtips, first observed 26 December 2024, the same day as the Chengdu J-36. Beijing has never acknowledged it; everything known is OSINT.

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QLG-10

China’s standard under-barrel grenade launcher — a muzzle-loaded single-shot 35×32mm caseless system that arms the QBZ-95-1 and QBZ-191 rifle families with HE-frag, airburst and dual-purpose grenade effects.

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ZBD-04A

China's primary modern tracked infantry fighting vehicle — a BMP-3-influenced design built by NORINCO, armed with a 100 mm gun-launcher and coaxial 30 mm autocannon, and the backbone of the PLA Army's heavy and medium combined-arms brigades.

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PLZ-05

China’s main modern tracked 155 mm self-propelled howitzer — a L/52 autoloaded gun fielded by the PLA since 2008, with no export record and no verified combat use.