CASC CH-3A Rainbow UAV
Type: Armed Surveillance UAV
Domain: air
Country of Origin: China
Manufacturer: CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)
First Deployed: 2018
Overview
Smaller armed surveillance UAV in the Nigerian Air Force inventory. Less capable than the larger CH-4, the CH-3A provides ISR and light strike capability for Boko Haram counter-insurgency operations in northeastern Nigeria. Operated from Nigerian Air Force bases.
Operators
- Nigeria
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