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China's military drone industry, already one of the world's largest, is on full display at the Zhuhai 2016 Airshow. The airshow has featured some of China's high tech attack and surveillance drones for the first time. The highly anticipated CH-5 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was officially launched at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition. The existence of the CH-5 has been known by the public since its first flight in September last year. But the official launch of CH-5 nonetheless signaled that it was another step closer to entering the service of the Chinese military as well as the international market.

The CH-5 is the latest UAV of the Rainbow series. Long endurance at middle-high altitude is what its developer keeps boasting.

Shi Wen, the chief designer of the rainbow series drones confirmed at the product launch that the CH-5 can stay airborne for 40-50 hours at a time and has a range of 10,000-20,000 kilometers. When carrying eight AR-1 air-to-ground missiles, the airborne endurance will still be maintained at around 32 hours. He said that the data already look pretty nice compared with its principal competitor, U.S. MQ-9 Reaper (formerly named Predator-B).