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PREMIUM: Development of Z-20 variants in full swing for PLA
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) views the Z-20 platform as pivotal to its developing rotary-winged fleet, and this is being reflected in more examples and variants appearing within China.
On 31 December 2020, an image emerged on the Chinese internet of a Z-20 carrying eight KD-10 antitank guided missiles ...
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