The Chinese are proactively incorporating the lessons learned from combat operations in Ukraine and have started to enhance their air defense systems with anti-kamikaze drones known as “mangals”. – TheWatchTowers.org

The Chinese are proactively incorporating the lessons learned from combat operations in Ukraine and have started to enhance their air defense systems with anti-kamikaze drones known as “mangals”. – TheWatchTowers.org

China’s HQ-22 air defense system, a Mach 6 missile with a 170 km range, designed with advanced electronic countermeasures to counter stealth targets, reflecting China’s adaptation of combat lessons from Ukraine’s use of kamikaze drones. Ukraine’s conflict has driven innovation in loitering munitions, with Russia deploying Shahed drones and Ukraine using Switchblade drones, prompting China to enhance its HQ-22 with anti-drone capabilities, a stra…