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China's helicopters haven't gotten the same attention as its missiles or warships, but those helos could play a central role in an attack on Taiwan.

The Z-19 lacks the Comanche’s most exclusive feature: the specially designed hull, sculpted and coated with expensive radar-absorbent materials to reduce its radar cross-section to 1/250th the usual size.

China Demos Drone-guided Helicopter-launched Missile Attack on Maritime Targets Our Bureau 642 PLA Z-19 helicopters In a recent live-fire exercise, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) guided Z-19 gunships to launch missile attacks on maritime targets beyond visual range using reconnaissance drones. The drills were conducted by an aviation brigade attached to the PLA 71st Group Army recently held the drill in the Yellow Sea. The drones detected, identified and tracked maritime targets...