China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, appears to have put an unusual catamaran drone mini-carrier into service as part of an experimental naval training force. The War Zone was the first to report in detail on this ship, which was launched in May 2021 and looks to be intended ostensibly to simulate enemy drone swarms, as well as other threats, such as high-volume anti-ship missile strikes and distrubuted electronic warfare attacks, during training exercises. Footage of what appears to be the training ship was included in a short segment broadcast on Chinese state…
Naval Mothership For China’s UAVs Looks Like To Be In Operation
