China has announced the testing of remote-controlled small JARI-USV boats intended for military operations in seas and bodies of water.
According to experts at the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, developer of these boats, JARI-USV boats were designed as military strike boats capable of handling ships, warships, submarines, and even land and air targets.
These boats can also explore, monitor and deal with various targets thanks to their advanced electro-optical radar systems, and their armaments, which include automatic 30 mm machine guns, torpedoes, and 8 high-precision guided missile launchers.
China displayed the first model of these boats at IDEX-2019, and experts of the manufacturers explained that the length of the JARI-USV would be about 15 meters, weigh about 20 tons, and would be able to move at 42 knots freely, working at distances of up to 500 miles.
