China is engaged in building the largest unmanned army on Earth, that includes powerful military drones, robot dogs, and other unmanned combat platforms.
China Army: In a major worry for India and the United States, China is reportedly building the world’s largest robot army and has recently established the world’s first mobile 5G base station, which is said to ready for battlefield deployment. As per a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the 5G mobile station will provide high speed, ultra-secure and low data transmission to 10,000 users within a 3-km radius.
The groundbreaking technology, jointly developed by China’s state-owned China Mobile Communications Group, and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), aims to build the largest unmanned army on the planet, consisting intelligent war machines, including drones, robot dogs, and other forms of military robots driven by artificial intelligence (AI).
The deployment of the 5G mobile base station, the first in the world is led by a senior engineer of the Chinese army and marks a major push towards China’s goal of building the world’s largest unmanned army, experts said.
China 5G mobile base capabilities
According to details, China’s state-of-the-art 5G mobile base has been built as an all-terrain platform, featuring a small antenna to ensure it does not collide with buildings and trees while operating urban or forest areas.
The mobile base will have drones which will fly in turns, acting as an aerial base station, and one drone will hand the command to another if its about to run out of battery. The drone will then land on the vehicle’s roof to recharge itself while the other drone carries is operational.
The platform will reportedly have around three to four such drones at all times.
As per details revealed in the Telecommunication Science — a peer-review journal sponsored by the China Institute of Communications, the Chinese Army has successfully tested the system under multiple scenarios and the platform has performed flawlessly even when the soldiers are moving at high speeds of up to 80 kmph in complex terrains such as mountains or cities.
According to the paper published in the Chinese journal on December 17, the 5G mobile base station provides connectivity at 10 gigabits per second at latency of 15 m/s, even if there is electromagnetic interference from the enemy.
Military experts believe that China is engaged in building the largest unmanned army on Earth, that includes powerful military drones, robot dogs, and other unmanned combat platforms. Additionally, Beijing’s progress has also cleared the way for large-scale use of these AI-based war machines.
