China has stationed obsolete supersonic fighters converted to attack drones at six air bases close ⁠to ⁠the Taiwan Strait, according to a new report by the Mitchell Institute ⁠for Aerospace Studies. Satellite imagery of these airfields from the February report, “China Airpower Tracker,” shows what appear to be lines of stubby, swept-winged aircraft matching the shape of J-6 fighters ​that first flew with the Chinese air force in the 1960s. Since their conversion to drones, these aircraft have been identified at five bases in Fujian Province and one in Guangdong Province, according to the report from the Arlington-Virginia based institute. Senior fellow at the Mitchell ‌Institute, J. Michael Dahm, said China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), ‌has deployed an estimated 200 or more obsolete fighters converted to drones to airfields near the Taiwan Strait.

Full report : China stations jets-turned-drones at bases near Taiwan Strait, report says.