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Future Chinese carrier-borne AEW: KJ-600 or KH-600

From Rick Joe @RickJoe_PLA on 2021.01.01:

Seems like additional details of KJ-600 will slowly get revealed. Catapult nose gear clearly obvious here. Can't quite see tailhook but might be present in the full picture, or alternatively might not be fit on first flight yet, but obviously structurally designed for it.



(a possibly newcomer in PLA Watching scenes, or perhaps merely lacks of patience 😅): “Can we get the full picture please? Whoever took the photo clearly has more than this.”

(some possibly Chinese netizen):
“That's what they like to do in the Chinese forums... you just have to wait patiently until the full pics are released.” 😂 🤣 :laugh:
 
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KJ-600 re-name to KJ-20 more better? :laugh:
since new aircraft & heli also xx-20
 
From WuMingShi912 via weibo,

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From Henri Kenhmann at East Pendulum on 2021.01.27:

A new photo series of China's first on-board AWACS, designed by the 603 Institute of the AVIC Group, is taken by a surfer near Yanliang. The prototype made its maiden flight in 2020.

Some talk about the appearance of the plane not far from Shanghai, to be confirmed.

 
Oh well, this hurts 😖 ... Anyway at least another piece of the puzzle on the way to a clear image of the PLAN's next generation carrierborne AEW, the KJ-600.

And allegedly "Oneninety" noted he would post the clear image in the future.

(Image via @Oneninety from Weibo)

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China’s new KJ-600 surveillance aircraft completes latest test flight

SCMP | 2021-01-28

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China’s KJ-600 early warning aircraft is in its final stages of development. Photo: Weibo (CGI)

China put its new carrier-based early warning aircraft through its paces again on Wednesday, a military source said, after images of the plane were shared online.

“The [test] flight took place early on Wednesday morning in Xian,” said the People’s Liberation Army insider. “It was another regular test before the plane enters service.”

Speaking on condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to the media, the source confirmed that the photographs shared on social media were of the KJ-600, China’s first domestically developed early warning plane, which is in its final stages of development.

The images showed an aircraft, with its distinctive radar system atop its fuselage and four vertical tail fins, in flight.

The KJ-600 made its maiden flight in August 2020, two years after Chinese state media confirmed such an aircraft was in development.

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Oh well, this hurts 😖 ... Anyway at least another piece of the puzzle on the way to a clear image of the PLAN's next generation carrierborne AEW, the KJ-600.

And allegedly "Oneninety" noted he would post the clear image in the future.

(Image via @Oneninety from Weibo)

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Here's another one in a slightly different position. Looks as if the first one points towards us, whereas in this one its facing away from us.


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There is some discussion, this image might be a blurred CG only and not a real image?

What do you think?
 
There is some discussion, this image might be a blurred CG only and not a real image?

What do you think?


Oh well ... another letdown :cray: Similar to the psed Y-20B image with WS-20 engines. :hitwall::crazy:

Via by78/SDF: "The OP has now admitted it's a blurred CG. He said, "我这是CG钓鱼图", meaning "this image of mine is a CG designed to get clicks"."

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