China's ascending dragon drone used for the first time to bother Taiwan

The "floating dragon", an unmanned aircraft at a great height, became a sign of the latest Chinese drone this week, which threatened Taiwan's airspace, a sign of how important drones are in the ancillary conflict in East Asia.

The Guizhou WZ-7, which carries out the air reconnaissance, but can also provide target data for ballistic shipwimming missiles, flew her mission in Taiwan's southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone (Adiz) on Thursday

The aggressive step took place only a few days after Chinese military drones broke the center line of Taiwanstrasse for the first time, when Beijing wants to conquer new print tactics on the democratic island that is striving for controversy.

In the past few weeks, drones have been an increasingly important role in the “gray area” nuisance campaign of the People's Liberation Army on the island with 23.5 million inhabitants by joining daily flights of combat aircraft and cyber attacks to sow fear of an invasion in the Taiwanese public.

The increase in unmanned aircraft (UAVS) is probably a sign that China rehearses for future missions, said Ben Lewis, a defense analyst based in the USA who is pursuing Chinese military activities in Taiwanstrasse.

"Uavs have undoubtedly become a central element of the PLA operation and will continue to be, and therefore their use must be trained as well as any other platform," he said.

"I think this moment is another example of the growing skills of the PLA and its willingness to use them," he said.

Taiwan's strong increase in the military budget

Taiwan has long had its own local UAV program, but has sworn to strengthen its drone and drone defense skills since it saw the success of Ukraine with military hardware against Russia.

At the beginning of this year, President Tsai opened a research and development institution for drones operated by the government in response to an unpredictable international political climate. The nation has also announced to buy four MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones and to strengthen its radar and defense systems.

Taiwan has also announced vigorous increases in its annual military budget, and the United States, Taipeh's largest arms supplier, recently approved the sale of military equipment worth more than $ 1.1 billion, including ship defense missiles and surveillance radar.

This week, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the United States of interference in internal Chinese matters after the Senate Committee has passed a new bill that could significantly increase American support for Taiwan by providing billions of dollars of defense funds.

But Taipei faces an enormous challenge to keep up with China's production capacity and numerical weight.

One of the tactics that the military turns is that the interference technology provided by a local company, drone vision, the global navigation satellite systems and video transmission signals can block, which forced the drone or return to your pilot.

"We have a lot of military camps that we have to protect," said a company spokesman. "We were threatened by China since I was small. I am proud and happy that our products are used out there."

Military experts say that Taiwan and the United States should increase their focus on drone technology, both as a deterrent against an invasion of the ocean and to react with strength.

"Unmanned systems are a good way to counteract the aggressive actions of China in the South China Sea and in Taiwanstrasse," said Brandon Tseng, a former Navy Seal and President of Shield Ai, a defense technology company that builds AI pilot for aircraft.

But he warned the United States and its allies that they would fall behind China as the next front of the warfare when using drone technology, especially in the development of intelligent unmanned systems and "critical" technology that can be used in communication failures.

"The conflicts of the next 10 to 20 years will not be about how fast your drone is or what kind of weapons your drone carries or how long it can fly, but about how intelligent she is," he said Mr. Teng. "China is already taking these steps to get ahead aggressively."