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China's Expanding Drone Program

Apr 9, 2013 | 10:15 GMT

China's Expanding Drone Program
China's Yilong drone in Zhuhai

PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Summary

China is rapidly expanding its research into and production, deployments and sales of unmanned aerial vehicles, colloquially known as drones. The primary role of this growing program is to help Beijing control and monitor disputed territories in the Asia-Pacific region.

Drones enable China to monitor disputed waters in the South and East China seas....

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