WZ-8 Hypersonic Reconnaissance Drone 3D model

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WZ-8 make its first reveiled during China's big 70th-anniversary parade. The WZ-8 is an rocket powered, air-launched, high-speed, high-altitude, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that is recoverable via a runway. A pair of small open-cycle, liquid-fueled, rocket engines can be seen configured in a side-by-side arrangement on the aircraft displayed. It is unclear if these engines would be reusable or if they are just single-use. This craft could have the potential to climb to extreme altitudes, potentially nearing the edge of space. It could then use the speed and altitude it has acquired to continue on a quasi-ballistic trajectory before turning toward its recovery location once in thicker air and eventually gliding in for a landing.