China will ban exports of high-performance drones and computers due to national security reasons. The ban, which will be effective from mid-August, urges manufacturers not to export drones that are capable of flying in gusty winds, hovering above 15,420 meters and having more than an hour of flight duration. Computers with greater than 8 tera floating-point operations per second will also not be allowed for exports, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs announced. “The ban is targeting drones not designed for commercial use and will protect key technologies of Chinese companies,” said Shao Jianhuo, Vice President of DJI Technology Co, which controls about 70% of global drone sales. None of the DJI products will be banned, the company said. The ban on supercomputer exports “definitely proves that China has the world’s leading capabilities on super computing,” said Gene Cao, Senior Information Technology Analyst at Forrester Research, the China Daily reports.