Huanqiu ran a military expert's commentary on how the drone Attack-21 could work with the carrier Fujian after its first landing and takeoff on the amphibious assault ship Sichuan. This is an expert's inference; no actual trial results were reported.
Huanqiu says that in late October the first Chinese carrier-borne stealth reconnaissance-strike drone, the Attack-21, successfully took off and landed for the first time on the Type 076 assault ship Sichuan. The outlet presented this as showing the navy can operate fixed-wing stealth drones from a large sea platform.
광고 문의 · 300×250The Attack-21 has a tailless flying-wing, blended-body layout with an internal weapons bay and fuel space, and was first shown at the Sept. 3, 2025 parade. All of this follows the Huanqiu article and was not separately verified by this paper.
The expert's ‘5+X’
The commentator is CMG military observer Wei Dongxu. He sees no technical obstacle to operating the drone from the Fujian and said that while the Fujian is often described as having a carrier ‘five-piece set,’ the real figure may be ‘5+X.’ The article does not say what the five pieces are.
His ‘X’ is most likely an Attack-21-type drone working with the J-35 stealth fighter: the drone strikes air-defense and early-warning systems first while the J-35 provides cover, shares information and could even issue commands. He outlined two methods: Sichuan commanding the drone by satellite link, or J-15T or J-35 pilots giving orders directly.
This is the outlook of an expert quoted by state-affiliated media. No drone operations from the Fujian and no crewed-uncrewed team training were reported, and we could not confirm an official Chinese defense ministry explanation or assessments by the US, Japan or other neighbors. Readers should treat this as discussion of a possibility not yet tested.
