Watch China’s Wing Loong UAV test weapons

The Wing Loong unmanned aerial vehicle, built by the Chinese firm Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, is exhibited at the 2012 Airshow China. (Wendell Minnick/Staff)

China has released the first video of its unmanned aerial vehiclesUAVs launching a missile.

The bulbous-nosed Wing Loong (Pterodactyl) UAV, which looks remarkably like a U.S. Predator, was shown launching a missile at a test range target. The video shows missiles being released from an underwing pylon, then cuts to ground targets and streaked toward a bullseye target. The footage also showed ground crews loading the missile on the UAV.

The video, broadcast on Chinese state television, can be found here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SozuUt3dDs].