Each UAV in the formation is loaded with software and sensors, which can communicate with other UAVs in the cluster. R&D personnel are working hard to make thousands of UAVs run synchronously in the future, identifying and attacking targets. Theoretically, this drone cluster loaded with missiles or warheads can carry out complex attacks, and the opponent's defense can be suppressed simply by relying on the number advantage.
After 20 years of military modernization efforts, China has developed stealth fighters, guided missile destroyers and "carrier killer" ballistic missiles, while reducing the number of troops. China's military enterprises believe that the UAV cluster, which connects low-tech hardware in series through high-tech artificial intelligence, will become a weapon representing the future.
In the future, these drones can be effectively used as lethal and non-lethal weapons. For example, thousands of cheap drones printed in 3D can attack aircraft carriers or fighter planes in droves, while the latter has no countermeasures against such attacks at present. For another example, when 1 American ship approaches disputed islands in the South China Sea, China can send unmanned boat clusters to block their routes.