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- China’s industrial system would meet only 60 % of its military drone demand, study finds.
- An AI model estimated limits by linking drone assembly plants with subsystem and component suppliers.
- The model considered inventories, capacity, backlogs, budgets, and civilian factory conversion.
- Professor Zhang Jihai led the study with Beijing Institute of Technology staff.
- They noted capacity expansion cannot quickly close the gap because new production lines need time.
