evidence: Operational history [edit]A 2023 leak of classified U.S. government documents made public a January 2023 report by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) which stated that China has "almost certainly" established its first supersonic UAV unit operating the WZ-8 at Liu'an Airbase, in Dushan County, outside Lu'an. The base falls under Eastern Theater Command, the unit charged with conducting operations against Taiwan and in the East China Sea. The document stated that the drone's sensors, including electro-optical imaging and synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), could gather intelligence on Taiwan and the western side of South Korea.[2] The drone was reportedly deployed at Anqing Airbase in 2021.[8] In 2023, US intelligence reported the drone and its H-6 mothership are currently operated by the Eastern Theater Command Air Force out of Liu'an Airbase in Anhui province.[2] The H-6M bombers are reported to belong to the 10th Bomber Division.[2]