ShanghaiChina’s military says a stealth drone landed on a warship.
China’s navy appears on track to be first to operate stealth combat drones from a ship.
The Type 076 Sichuan carries an electromagnetic catapult, and the GJ-21 differs from the land-based GJ-11 by a catapult bar on its nose gear.
Neither the military nor state media has released video, dates or launch counts.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone
- leans on the PLA's unverified claim and notes no visual confirmation yet, while placing GJ-21 against U.S. abandonment of flying-wing UCAVs
Sources: The War Zone