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On March 16, 2017, China and Saudi Arabia announced the signing of an agreement valued at US$65 billion. Global Network cited Saudi Arabia’s Arabiya television station’s report that the two sides signed 14 agreements and memorandums of understanding on the 16th, including 35 cooperation projects. , covering all aspects of energy trade, economy, military, and security. Saudi News Agency stated that the two sides also signed a partnership agreement on the production of drones.
According to Xinhua News Agency, during the Abu Dhabi International Defense Exhibition held in February 2017, Saudi media reported that China has signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia will introduce the production line of the Rainbow-4 drone.
The outstanding performance in the implementation of counter-terrorism missions, as well as the low prices, are the reasons why Saudi Arabia is interested in Chinese drones. According to a report by the South Pacific Morning Post quoted by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on February 26 this year, the price of a Rainbow-4 drone is about US$4 million, according to the US Air Force’s website. An MQ-1 Predator UAV with ground base stations costs as much as $20 million. The report stated that in the past five years, Iraq imported 56 percent of its weapons from the United States. However, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense stated in a report that Iraq has chosen the Rainbow-4 drone because it is cheaper.
According to the report of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the amount of weapons imports in the Middle East countries has increased by 86% in the past five years, accounting for 29% of the total global arms imports. Among them, Saudi Arabia is the world’s second largest importer of weapons. In India.
According to statistics, the "Rainbow-4" UAV system was developed by the CASC eleventh institute, which uses wheel takeoff and landing, autonomous control, diversified uses, strong task load capacity, good endurance performance, and takeoff weight of 1300. Kilograms, load capacity of 345 kilograms, practical ceiling of 4,000 meters, life time of 35 hours, can perform intelligence reconnaissance surveillance missions, can also be loaded with light-guided weapons, to achieve a fixed strike on the ground fixed targets and low-speed moving targets. At the same time, different payloads can be carried out to realize civil fields such as emergency communications, aviation geophysical exploration, marine rights protection, and scientific research.
The "Rainbow" series of drones is one of the two famous brands of UAVs exported by China. China's "Pterosaurs" and "Rainbow" have become the main equipment in the Middle East countries and have carried out a large number of anti-terrorism targeted elimination tasks.
The South China Morning Post quoted Zhou Chenming, who once worked in the drone division of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, as saying that the Rainbow-4 production line in Saudi Arabia is one of the only three production lines outside China, and the other two One of the production lines is in Pakistan and the other is in Myanmar. Reported that the production line will also be equipped with related equipment to enhance after-sales service for customers in the Middle East. This agreement will meet Saudi Arabia’s demand for Rainbow-4 drones.
Zhou Chenming said that China had sold another medium-to-high altitude long-range drone "Pterodactyl" unmanned aerial vehicle to Saudi Arabia in 2014, but that drone did not perform well in the Arabian desert. "Rainbow-4 drones performed well in Iraq, Yemen, and Sudan, Ethiopia, and Pakistan in Africa," said Zhou Chenming. "This is why Saudi Arabia is so interested in drone cooperation."
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