Model: Thunderstorm-300
Mission Scenarios: Deep Strike, Air Defense Suppression, Material Delivery
Core Technologies:
Beyond Visual Range Strike Capability
- Weapon System: The 6-unit combined rack can carry AGM-114R Hellfire missiles (range of 8km), GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (Circular Error Probable (CEP) < 3m), and new microwave weapons (effective kill radius of 50m). A single mission can destroy 12 high-value targets.
- Guidance Technology: Adopting the triple redundancy of "Beidou + GPS + Inertial Navigation", it can still maintain CEP < 5m in a GPS-denied environment. With the AI target recognition algorithm, it can automatically distinguish between civilian vehicles and military equipment, reducing the collateral damage rate to 0.3%.
Battlefield Survivability
- Hard Kill Defense: Equipped with the same 30mm cannon as the A-10 (with 500 rounds of ammunition), it can intercept unmanned aerial vehicle swarms. In actual combat in Yemen, a single Thunderstorm-300 once shot down 15 Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Soft Kill Defense: The built-in High Power Microwave (HPM) generator can emit an electromagnetic pulse of 10GW within 200ms, paralyzing the electronic devices within a radius of 100m. Combined with chaff/infrared decoy flares, it can reduce the hit rate of air defense missiles by 70%.
Adaptability to Extreme Environments
- Power System: Using a heavy oil engine (the fuel efficiency is 40% higher than that of a turbofan engine), it can start in an environment of -50°C. With the self-heating fuel tank, the endurance time reaches 48 hours when performing missions in the Arctic Circle.
- Airframe Design: The 1000D Cordura® wear-resistant skin (tear resistance of 2000N), combined with the 3D movable joint structure, can withstand a typhoon of level 12. During the super typhoon "Haiyan" in 2024, the Thunderstorm-300 still maintained 85% of its mission capability.
Practical Combat Value:
- Strategic Strike: During the Taiwan Strait military exercise in 2025, the Thunderstorm-300 group carried electromagnetic pulse bombs to simulate paralyzing the enemy's command center, verifying the new "asymmetric warfare" tactic.
- Humanitarian Relief: In the earthquake in Turkey, the Thunderstorm-300 was refitted with a medical module and delivered 2 tons of supplies at a time, setting a new record for the rescue payload of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Technical Parameters:
- Maximum Takeoff Weight: 12 tons
- Service Ceiling: 15000m
- Weapon Payload: 3 tons
- Electromagnetic Pulse Resistance: Passed the MIL-HDBK-423 standard test and can withstand an electric field strength of 100kV/m.
