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Unmanned vehicles with intelligence capabilities could improve Chinese long-distance targeting.

• Unmanned aerial vehicles paired with an enhanced satellite network would improve China's capability for long-range strike system targeting.

Unmanned vehicles with surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities could play a growing role in monitoring territorial disputes at sea.

• Establishment or improvement of unmanned-vehicle support infrastructure in disputed areas could promote escalation of conflict. Chinese thinking on this issue seems unclear at the moment.

As China develops and improves its unmanned-vehicle system production, it is poised to become a global exporter of such systems.

• Low pricing and lack of export restrictions could make China the top global source of unmanned vehicle systems for many countries in the market for UAV capability.
• China already has a deal to produce UAVs for Saudi Arabia.