3 MIN AGO: China's Answer to B-2 Spirit - Unmanned CH-7 Stealth Drone Just SHOCKED the Pentagon!

November 2025 - Pentagon officials analyzing morning intelligence briefs saw something that changed everything: A massive flying wing drone painted in bright yellow primer lifted off from a secure airfield in northwest China and completed its maiden flight.
This is the CH-7 stealth drone. After seven years of development, it just became very real. And every US base in the Pacific theater is now within striking distance.
The Photograph That Shocked the World:
November 11th: CH-7 captured cruising high above clouds with two sharply angled vertical fins never present on earlier mockups.
December 15th: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) officially confirmed successful test flight.
The Terrifying Specifications:
📐 Length: ~10 meters
📐 Wingspan: 22-26 meters (bomber-sized, but unmanned)
📐 Max takeoff weight: 13,000 kg
📐 Payload: 2,000 kg (weapons/sensors, carried internally)
📐 Top speed: 920 km/h
📐 Service ceiling: 13,000 meters (above most short-range air defense)
📐 Operational range: 11,500 kilometers
What 11,500km Range Means:
From Hainan Island (southern China), the CH-7 can reach:
✅ Guam
✅ Darwin, Australia
✅ Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean
✅ Every contested feature in South China Sea
✅ EVERY SINGLE US BASE IN THE PACIFIC THEATER
All without refueling. With a radar cross-section smaller than a large bird.
Development Timeline:
🔸 2018: First appeared as scale model at Zhuhai Air Show (Western analysts dismissed it as concept that would never materialize)
🔸 2022: Updated version at same air show with redesigned wing tips, extended engine fairings
🔸 Late 2024: Satellite imagery captured full-scale CH-7 conducting taxi trials
🔸 November 2025: Maiden flight completed
China compressed timeline from concept to flight-ready prototype in 7 years
The Stealth Design:
✅ Flying wing configuration (no tail) - gold standard for stealth
✅ Air intake on TOP of fuselage (hides engine face from ground radars)
✅ Semi-concealed exhaust nozzle (reduced heat signature)
✅ NO external weapons pylons - everything carried internally
✅ Radar-absorbent materials on leading edges
✅ Every access panel, landing gear bay, even screws get specialized stealth treatment
This isn't designed for permissive environments. This is built to penetrate the most heavily defended airspace on Earth and survive.
Mission Capabilities (Per Airshow China 2024 Animation):
🎯 Long-duration maritime patrols (15-hour endurance)
🎯 Surface target detection with onboard radar
🎯 Relay targeting information via data link
🎯 Mid-course or terminal guidance for long-range strike weapons
🎯 Extended reconnaissance missions while remaining undetected
Weapons/Sensors:

Precision-guided missiles
Anti-ship weapons
Glide bombs
Electronic warfare suites
Visible light sensors
Infrared sensors
Synthetic aperture radar (all-weather surveillance)

The Swarm Scenario:
Imagine not one CH-7 but 10 operating as coordinated swarm across Taiwan Strait or Philippine Sea. Each shares targeting data. Each can strike independently. Even most advanced air defense systems have finite interceptor missiles. Saturate defenses with multiple stealth platforms, and something gets through.
Development Status:
✅ Maiden flight validated: Autonomous taxiing, takeoff, landing, attitude control, trajectory tracking
✅ Test results: Fully aligned with predetermined design specifications
❌ Still needs: Payload functionality verification, weapons integration testing, advanced flight envelope expansion
Timeline to operational status: 2-3 years (based on China's accelerated development with previous systems)
The Strategic Earthquake:
For decades, US dominated aerial warfare through technological superiority and stealth platforms (F-22, F-35, B-2). The CH-7 represents China's entry into that exclusive club, but with a twist:

Doesn't risk pilot's life
Doesn't require years of training per operator
Can be produced at scale FAR FASTER than manned aircraft

Pentagon's New Reality:
Forward bases in Guam, Okinawa, and across Indo-Pacific are now vulnerable to:

Persistent surveillance
Precision strikes
From a platform they can barely detect

The Uncomfortable Truth:
"The CH-7 isn't just a drone. It's a signal that the era of uncontested American air superiority is over, and the next phase of warfare will be fought by machines that never get tired, never hesitate, and never come home."
Li Jianhua (CASC): "The maiden flight validated the drone's autonomous taxiing, takeoff, landing, attitude control, and trajectory tracking. The test results fully aligned with predetermined design specifications."
The US spent a decade developing X-47B, then cancelled it. China spent 7 years and now has a flying, combat-ready stealth drone that can reach every American base in the Pacific.
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