Could China’s containerised aircraft launcher reshape rules of modern warfare?

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China has developed and showcased a containerised electromagnetic catapult system mounted on trucks capable of launching drones. This new weapon system may significantly reshape modern warfare tactics by allowing flexible drone launches from mobile platforms.

Fresh footage has offered the first look at China’s truck-mounted electromagnetic catapult launching a drone, with its developer unveiling details of this large family of containerised weapon systems. The footage shows three eight-wheeled flat-top trucks driving on to what appears to be an airfield runway. Once aligned and connected via mechanical hinges, they form a continuous platform, along which a fixed-wing propeller drone accelerates and takes off. The Beijing Institute of Technology’s...