WZ-7 Soar Dragon
Type: uav
Domain: air
Country of Origin: China
Manufacturer: AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China)
Overview
The WZ-7 Soar Dragon (Xianglong) is China's high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) reconnaissance UAV, featuring a distinctive joined-wing design for aerodynamic efficiency at altitude. It is equivalent in mission profile to the American RQ-4 Global Hawk, providing strategic intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) over vast maritime and land areas including monitoring of US carrier groups.
Technical Specifications
| crew | 0 (unmanned) |
|---|---|
| range | 7,000 km ferry |
| engine | 1× turbofan |
| length | 14.3 m |
| ceiling | 18,000+ m |
| sensors | SAR radar, electro-optical/IR, SIGINT |
| wingspan | 25 m |
| endurance | 30+ hours |
| max_speed | 750 km/h |
Operators
- China
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