China Unveils its GJ-11 Stealthy Armed Attack Drone, with Internal Weapons Bay

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

China has offered its first underneath look at the internal weapons bay on its GJ-11 stealthy attack drone, an armed unmanned platform which first emerged at a Chinese parade in 2019 as a weapon possibly intended to rival or exceed the U.S. stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel drone or armed Reaper.

Initial images of the Chinese drone, however, while appearing as a possible design “rip-off” of several U.S. platforms, only showed the top of the aircraft in the available photograph. The areas under the wings were not previously visible, a scenario which led many to speculate about whether the drone had an internal weapons bay.

GJ-11 Stealthy Attack Drone Weapons Bay

The answer to that question appears to be yes, according to a Chinese newspaper report which states that China is now offering a public look at the drones internal weapons bay underneath the aircraft.

“China’s GJ-11 stealth armed reconnaissance drone will open its weapons bays for the first time and display its capability to carry a large amount of precision weapons at the Airshow China 2021,” the Chinese government backed Global Times newspaper reports. The GJ-11 will reportedly be on display at the air show alongside the well-known Chinese J-20 and Y-20 large cargo plane.

Made by a Chinese company called AVIC, the GJ-11 is reported by the Global Times as having two weapons bays between the drone’s landing gear. Each bay, the paper says, has four bomb locations which appear like guided precision air-to-ground bombs.