{"id":148903,"date":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148903"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","slug":"china-tests-worlds-heaviest-cargo-drone-suited-to-high-altitude-and-island-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148903","title":{"rendered":"China tests \u2018world\u2019s heaviest cargo drone\u2019 suited to high-altitude and island operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has executed the maiden flight of the Changying-8, which it says is the world\u2019s heaviest multi-terrain cargo drone with the potential for military applications.<br \/>\nThe CY-8, which was developed under defence contractor China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco), is capable of short take-off and landing as well as operating on high-altitude plateaus and island regions.<br \/>\nAccording to China\u2019s state broadcaster CCTV, the drone successfully completed its maiden flight on Tuesday&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3348559\/china-tests-worlds-heaviest-cargo-drone-suited-high-altitude-and-island-operations?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has executed the maiden flight of the Changying-8, which it says is the world\u2019s heaviest multi-terrain cargo drone with the potential for military&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148903"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}