U.S. Marines are training with Chinese fighter mock-ups

22 October, 2023 The R80D SkyRaider drone against the background of J-20 and J-7 fighters mock-ups. Source: freeze frame from Dvidshub video The United States Marine Corps uses mock-ups of Chinese fighter jets.

The video of this was published on Dividshub. The released video captures the Marines conducting training alongside mock-ups of J-20 and J-7 fighter jets. The exercises were part of training with the R80D SkyRaider unmanned air system near the distant Atlantic Marine Range in North Carolina.

Marines from the Strategic Unmanned Aircraft Systems Support Squadron (SUASS), 2nd Air Defense Low Altitude Battalion (LAAD), 167th Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA), and 223rd Marine Strike Squadron (VMA) were participating in the exercise.

Chinese J-20 and J-7 fighter jet mock-ups. Source: freeze frame from Dvidshub video

Their task during the exercises was to evaluate the effectiveness and practical use of unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with the advanced Silvus Technologies data transfer system. Given the units involved in the exercise, these layouts could have been used to conduct target identification exercises.

Models of military equipment are widely used not only during exercises but also during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war.

Destroyed Ukrainian P-18 Malachite radar mock-up, September 2023

Militarnyi previously reported that the Russian military was spending expensive precision weapons striking at Ukrainian mock-ups. The Russians are also using false targets and creating mock-ups of artillery positions. Mannequins are installed in false positions to simulate the work of a gun crew.

They are dressed in military uniforms, body armor covers, and helmets.

They are also "armed" with AK-74 models and even radio stations.