The PLA Air Force (PLAAF) has converted some of its retired Jian-7 fighters into unmanned target drone to simulate enemy aircraft in air-to-air and surface-to-air weapon testing.

PLA空军（PLAAF）已经把一些退役歼-7战斗机改装成无人靶机，在空对空和地对空武器测试中去模拟敌方飞机。

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As a consequence, each time we discover a problem in our legacy weapons, which all were intended to be retired by now, we have changed the weapon beyond its original design, in many cases because the components aren't even available any more, they are so old-fashioned.

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