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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. China has successfully tested the world’s first armed amphibious drone boat.

Detailed explanation-2: -By comparison, the United States-which has the most advanced UAVs in the world-has delivered just 12 combat drones in the same period, all of them to France and the United Kingdom, according to SIPRI data. The US, however, still leads in the export of unarmed surveillance drones.

Detailed explanation-3: -BAE Systems Taranis The Taranis demonstrator will have an MTOW (Maximum Takeoff Weight) of about 8000 kilograms and be of comparable size to the BAE Hawk – making it one of the world’s largest UAVs.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the largest military drone? The RQ-4 Global Hawk is the military’s biggest unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has a length of 47.6 feet, a wingspan of just over 130 feet, and a total weight of 14, 950 pounds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sabrewing Aircraft Company, Inc.’s RH-1-A Rhaegal VTOL air cargo drone has achieved its first hover flight while lifting a record-setting payload of 829-pound (374 kg) payload, shattering the previous world record for the ‘dead-lift’ of any commercial, vertical takeoff UAV.