Chinese armed drones now flying across Mideast battlefields

Across the Middle East, countries locked out of purchasing US-made drones due to rules over excessive civilian casualties are being wooed by Chinese arms dealers, who are world's main distributor of armed drones. "The Chinese product now doesn't lack technology, it only lacks market share," said Song Zhongping, a Chinese military analyst and former lecturer at the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force University of Engineering. The sales are helping expand Chinese influence across a region crucial to American security interests.

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