The rainbow series UAVs, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) starting in the 1990s, has since progressed considerably. ，The main equipment components of the Rainbow-3 UAV mid-range UAV system include: medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, ground-mounted vehicle telemetry remote control stations and ground support equipment.
CH-3A is the development of CH-3 and share the identical layout. Improvement of CH-3A over CH-3 includes that the maximum payload is increased to more than 100 kg, and satellite data link is also incorporated. CH3A is a multipurpose UAV which can also carry AR 1 laser guided rocket for attacking role
Specifications
Wingspan：8 meters
Length：5.5 meters
height 2 meters
Takeoff weight：650 kg
Payload：60 ~ 180kg
Maximum speed：256 km / h
Service ceiling：7000 meters
Cruise altitude： 3000 ~ 5000m
Maximum range：2400 km
Endurance ：12 ~ 15 hours
Power device： One piston engine
Mounted weapons：AR-1 air to ground missile
News
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Flightglobal-2019年6月14日
UAV giant Israel has exported about 167 MALE UAVs of the H ermes and ... of UAVs, which includes the Cai Hong 3 (CH-3) drone and larger CH-4 drone
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Business Insider-2017年11月16日
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The National Interest Online (blog)-2019年8月17日
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China, Pakistan sign deal to build 48 strike-capable Wing ...
South China Morning Post-2018年10月10日
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China's New Killer Drone Ready for Mass Production
The Diplomat-2017年7月18日
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Did An Armed Chinese-Made Drone Just Crash in Nigeria?
Popular Science-2015年1月28日
The CH-3 drone is a medium UAV built by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This 256km per hour, 630kg drone has a .
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Wall Street Journal-2017年7月17日
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China assisted Pakistan on armed drone, say experts
Financial Times-2015年9月9日
The Burraq, he added, “strongly resembles” China's CH-3 UAV. Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace
China: A rising drone weapons dealer to the world
CNBC-2016年3月5日
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It Seems a Chinese Missile Drone Just Crashed in Nigeria
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China unveils new stealth drone prototype at air show
Global Times-2018年11月4日
China unveils new stealth drone prototype at air show ... Unlike the CH-3 drone, CH-4 drone, and CH-5 dronewhich adopted the traditional unmanned structure
Algeria, Egypt unveil Chinese UAVs
defenceWeb-2018年11月2日
Footage of CH-3 drone and CH-4 UAVs in Algerian service emerged in ... A single UAV was seen taking off with a missile under each wing and later
Nigerian Air Force graduates first locally trained UAV pilots
defenceWeb-2018年3月7日
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CH-5 UAV officially unveiled at Airshow China
China.org.cn-2016年11月2日
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Foreign Policy (blog)-2016年1月14日
Actually using the robotic aircraft hasn't always gone smoothly: Nigeria's armed CH-3 drone, short for “Caihong-3,” drones first became public when .
Is Myanmar Using Armed Chinese Drones For ...
The Diplomat-2016年6月8日
Specifically, the Myanmar military is using the drones to enable ongoing ... The CH-3A drone is a variant of the CH-3 drone fixed-wing unmanned combat .
Chinese Drones Make Key Breakthrough, Firing On ...
Popular Science-2016年6月8日
Chinese drones such as the CH-3 drone and CH-4 drone have become a key part of the proliferation of the technology, joining China's air force as well as
Watch Nigeria's First Confirmed Drone Strike -- Against Boko ...
Popular Science-2016年2月3日
Today, Nigeria announced a successful drone strike in its ongoing war ... Instead, for the strike it looks like the drone was a Chinese CH-3 drone
