An Unknown Fastmover UAV Possibly Spotted at Malan AB, China

originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: anzha

From elsewhere, I was shared this:

The size is wildly wrong for the Malan Triangle. However, the planform is not.

Could the Malan Triangle be a scale demonstrator?

or this could be wild horse pucky.

or this could be wild horse pucky.

could be a trick
remember the mock SR-71 upside down on a pole at groom lake?
trying to show image but ATS won't lat me paste.











edit: finally

a reply to: Bigburgh

If you ever see any more pix of odd aircraft there, post them!

Screen grab it, time stamp it and post.

just be ready for skepticism.

a reply to: Bigburgh

It's Yinchuan. Chinese were big on hardened shelters in mountains for a long time. Especially on the northern frontier (Sino- Soviet split).

There might be interesting things happening there, I have no idea, but it's not unique in terms of the mountain.

The older fighters are a Fishbed and a Farmer.

there are alot of aircraft that look like this.

why is it a uav? it just looks like something with movable chines then again it could be something cool reminds me of the MiG 1.44 photo that came out recently

a reply to: penroc3

Because of the size.

You're looking at something 30 to 35 feet long, 42 ft on the outside, and a max wingspan of 14 feet.

High speed manned aircraft that size are not likely to be feasible.

Also, the Chinese are known to be working on high speed UAVs.

That two facts dovetail.

a reply to: anzha

They're very small people though haha

a reply to: anzha

after looking at the pic i does appear to be very small, so i will give you that.



it almost looks like a big HTV-2

a reply to: penroc3

The soar dragon is right next to it and is only 47 ft long...

originally posted by: crayzeed
Myself I would say some of them are decoys. Look at the top four, wing shadow off the wing leading edges. The next 6 nothing, the triangular nothing the next one nothing. Then the bottom one wing shadow again. For me I would like a look through a glass at the original image.

Could it be because the ones showing little shadow are closer to the ground/not as tall as the ones with visible shadows? Not saying you're wrong, but it may be just an angle thing.

originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: Bigburgh

If you ever see any more pix of odd aircraft there, post them!

Screen grab it, time stamp it and post.

just be ready for skepticism.

Absolutely I will.👍

a reply to: RadioRobert

I've been watching this base for some times now. It started as a runway, then taxi ways to an inside hanger, and the complex behind the mountain doubled in size.
It changes in aircraft often.
It certainly has my attention. 👍

The runway is 2 miles long.
Do you know of anymore mountain bases like this? I keep searching with no luck.

a reply to: Bigburgh

Look what I found, just for you!

a reply to: Bigburgh
Where you're pointing to may be more archeological than military. This whole area is associated with the Western Xia Mausoleums of the Tangut Empire
en.wikipedia.org...

originally posted by: RadioRobert
a reply to: Bigburgh

Look what I found, just for you!

I can't thank you enough!
This is great!
There are a couple bases on here I was looking at too.🍻👍😊

Have a Cookie

originally posted by: Wreckclues
a reply to: Bigburgh
Where you're pointing to may be more archeological than military. This whole area is associated with the Western Xia Mausoleums of the Tangut Empire
en.wikipedia.org...

Seems more like a Geothermal Power plant, didn't consider it a archeological site.

originally posted by: anzha
a reply to: 1947boomer

Probably agree, but I wonder about the quality of the imagery. Shadows and a lack of detail can distort important details.

it does look similar to a D-21 drone though.

You probably know this already but the Chinese recovered a Lockheed D-21 in their territory.

D21 Number 527 at the Chinese Aviation Museum.

www.flickr.com...

Before it was put on covered display in China

originally posted by: Woody510

Also came across this today on twitter

As already pointed out it is just a photo shop from a pic of a Chinese H-6 Badger.

Rumor has it the fastmover UAV was outside, along with all the others, because a mucket muck wanted to have an inspection/tour and insisted on everything being outside rather than in hangars. The muckety apparently didn't care whether or not there might be a sat passing overhead in the lead up. Or it could have been telegraphing, I suppose.

Telling thing would be if its self powered or sent aloft via Rocket to reenter at Hypersonic.

a reply to: Blackfinger

That's a little big for a rocket.

Its at least 30 ft (9m) long.