China: Missile X Drones Staggering Numbers While studying and estimating Chinese missile stockpiles and production, I opened a section to mention only drones, both modern and converted, which are older aircraft like the J-6, J-7, and J-8, and others that are being converted into drones within a Chinese program.... Just for feeding bays and hardpoints of modern drones, approximately 10,000-15,000 missiles are needed, and converted drones require something like 7,000-10,000, totaling 17,000-25,000 missiles. Calculating 3 to 5 times the number of reloads and cross-referencing with the reasonable negligence estimates, we arrive at an average of 75,000-100,000 missiles in stock for drones alone. Imagine that to this calculation I have to add the numbers of active combat aircraft, VLS, and ground launchers and again check all intelligence and think tanks estimates during the of years. The Chinese possess hundreds of thousands of missiles and I will get close to that number, as will their production capacity, considering the number of factories, the amount of automation, the impact of automation, and other factors, all based on Russian and Western factories.show more

Patricia Marins

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