American logistic expert reports from China video: New Chinese drones scramble naval power in Pacific, and maybe everywhere else 美國物流專家從中國視頻報道：中國新型無人機擾亂太平洋乃至其他地區的海軍力量

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Western naval doctrine relies heavily on the aircraft carrier battle group as the primary instrument of power projection.

China’s military planners, however, developed a strategy that incorporates thousands of inexpensive, unmanned drone aircraft.

China recently launched the first of many drone carriers, capable of carrying a hundred drones, including kamikaze drones.

But a new breakthrough in VTOL (Vertical Take-Off-And-Landing) drones may make even the drone carrier concept obsolete. VTOL drones can be launched from any large warship, even in rough weather. Now, any Chinese warship can serve as an aircraft carrier, and control over vast areas of ocean are now possible.

Perhaps even more ominous are recent developments in the Ukraine War. In Operation Spiderweb, Ukrainian operators used commercial trucks, driven by Russian drivers unawares, to deploy drones deep inside Russian territory. Possibly assisted by Western satellite imagery, Ukrainians then launched those drones in deadly offensive strikes, from civilian assets.

That may open the door to new military applications for naval drones.

西方海軍理論嚴重依賴航母戰鬥群作為力量投射的主要工具。

然而，中國軍事規劃人員制定了一項包含數千架廉價無人機的策略。

中國近期下水了首艘無人機航母，可搭載上百架無人機，包括神風特攻隊無人機。

但垂直起降（VTOL）無人機技術的突破，甚至可能讓無人機航空母艦的概念也變得過時。垂直起降無人機可以從任何大型軍艦上發射，即使在惡劣天氣下也是如此。現在，任何中國軍艦都可以充當航空母艦，控制廣闊的海域也成為可能。

或許更不祥之兆是烏克蘭戰爭的最新進展。在「蜘蛛網行動」中，烏克蘭操作員使用由俄羅斯司機駕駛的商用卡車，在俄羅斯境內部署無人機。可能在西方衛星影像的幫助下，烏克蘭人隨後從民用飛機上發射這些無人機，發動致命的攻擊性打擊。

這可能為海軍無人機的全新軍事應用打開大門.