{"id":59603,"date":"2018-10-24T12:13:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=59603"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:13:49","slug":"wing-loong-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wing-loong-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wing Loong-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question:Wing Loong-2 is recently in news. It is &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a)a long-range surface to air missile (SAM)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b)a MALE unmanned aerial vehicle<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c)missile defence system developed by China<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d)an Anti-tank missile<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer:(b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Wing loong-2<\/strong> also known as (Yilong \/ Pterodactyl) is a<strong> medium-altitude long-endurance<\/strong><strong>(MALE)<\/strong> unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute, China.<\/li>\n<li>Recently Pakistan has planned to procure 48 drones (Wing Loong-2) from China, which could be largest export order for drones by China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ssgc-in-link-res --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2092339075\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>It has a length of 11 meters and a wingspan of 20.5 meters, the Wing Loong- 2 can carry bombs and air to surface missiles.<\/li>\n<li>It has a maximum speed of 370 km per hour. It can fly approximately 20,000 feet above the ground and up to 4000 km.<\/li>\n<li>DRDO has also developed a medium-altitude long-endurance(MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named Rustom.<\/li>\n<li>It does the work of surveillance and reconnaissance only contrary to wing loong which also carries ammunitions up to 480 kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- CM_SSGCP_Responsive_Link --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"4276316581\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>However, India which currently does not have armed drones, signed a deal worth $5.43 billion with Russia for the S-400 air defence system last week. The system can engage all types of aerial targets, including drones, within a range of 400 km.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/what-is\/what-is-rustom-ii-drone-5077614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/what-is\/what-is-rustom-ii-drone-5077614\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/news\/sweden-gripen-c-d-bulgarian-air-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/news\/sweden-gripen-c-d-bulgarian-air-force\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Wing Loong-2 is recently in news. It is &#8211; (a)a long-range surface to air missile (SAM) (b)a MALE unmanned aerial vehicle (c)missile defence system developed by China (d)an Anti-tank missile Answer:(b) Related facts: Wing loong-2 also known as (Yilong \/ Pterodactyl) is a medium-altitude long-endurance(MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-59603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}