China’s newest airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, the KJ-3000 could be key to the People’s Liberation Army’s ability to deliver lethal strikes from ultra-long ranges.
Its design is based on a modified version of the country’s long-serving transport plane the Y-20B, and its most distinctive addition is a radar dome on top of the fuselage that hides an array of advanced equipment.
China is trying to grow rapidly its fleet of airborne information command centres with at least…
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