China Begins Converting Bulk Carriers into Aircraft Carriers for Drones 0 18

China has started converting bulk carriers into aircraft carriers for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), reports The War Zone (TWZ).

According to the publication, China has transformed a medium-sized cargo ship into an improvised combat vessel – a carrier for modern strike drones. A modular electromagnetic catapult (EMALS) has been installed on the ship's deck, designed for launching fixed-wing drones.

Photos from the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai also previously showed small combat drones with large wingspans near the ship, which externally resemble the so-called "loyal wingman" drones from the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) series.