 Practical Investment Analysis for the New Energy EconomyIs China Gearing Up a Drone Attack?Jason Simpkins Dear Reader, China’s drone mother ship is set to make its debut flight this month. The Jiu Tian — “High Sky” — is a hulking air fortress capable of flying 4,350 miles at a speed of 435 miles an hour. Of course, speed and maneuverability aren’t its forte. The aircraft’s defining feature is its ability to carry as much as 6.5 tons of ammunition and up to 100 small drones. Its payloads can be swapped out in under two hours, allowing for customizable payloads tailored to the mission at hand — reconnaissance, strike and support, electronic warfare, etc. For decades, China has been trending toward low-cost drone swarms as a means of neutralizing the multi-million-dollar weapons platforms the United States and its allies use to keep order in the Pacific theater. America has a clear and definitive lead when it comes to raw firepower — aircraft carriers, missile batteries, warships, fighter jets — but China’s drone swarms could undermine all of these sophisticated tools. But the U.S. is already developing its own counterattack.
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