China preparing supersonic spy drone unit, leaked US military assessment reportedly says
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The Washington Post reported that a leaked document posted on Discord shows the Chinese military is readying a supersonic high altitude spy drone unit.
The secret assessment by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency indicated technological advances made by the Chinese military could help it target U.S. warships by Taiwan and military bases in the region, according to the Post. The document included satellite imagery dated Aug. 9 over the Lu'an (Liu'an) Airfield, in Dushan County, showing two WZ-8 rocket-propelled reconnaissance drones. The air base sits in eastern China, about 350 miles inland from Shanghai. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Part of a cutting-edge surveillance system, the drones could help China gather real-time mapping data to inform strategy or carry out future missile strikes, the Post says.