IDEX 2025: China attacks the loitering munition market

Published on February 21, 2025

The popularity and usage of loitering munitions and attack UAVs has expanded over the past few years, with the effectiveness of the capability having been highlighted in the Russo-Ukrainian War and Nagorno-Karabakh.

In line with this, China is displaying various systems at IDEX. COBTec has the Sunflower 200 on display, a loitering munition that appears visually similar to Iran’s Shahed-136, which has seen extensive use in the first of the previously mentioned conflicts.

First displayed at the Armiya-2023 forum in Russia, the drone appears to have gone through various developments since Shephard reported on it at that time.

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