China to unveil modern air defence systems and UAVs at KADEX 2018

Seven Chinese military trade companies will take their best products to participate in an exhibition of weapons and military equipment to be held in Kazakhstan from May 23 to 26.

According to China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, the exhibited Chinese military products include land, sea and air armaments, such as the FM-3000, an advanced medium range air defense missile weapon system, the Wing Loong unmanned aerial system, the JY-27A “SKYWATCH-V” radar, and the LY-80 medium range air defense missile weapon system.

More than 400 companies from 55 countries and regions around the world will participate in the show, one of the largest military exhibitions in central Asia, to be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

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This is the first exhibition held under the auspices of the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It will be attended by domestic and foreign enterprises of the defense-industrial complex and space industry, leading design bureaus and research institutes.

During the years of the exhibition “KADEX” it rightfully became one of the world’s leading exhibition platforms for demonstrating weapons, military and special equipment, technologies in the field of information security.

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