KJ-500- medum size AEW/C

[帅的一匹]

We have stronger Survielliance ability at Diao Yu Island by inducting this baby.

 

[cirr]

We have stronger Survielliance ability at Diao Yu Island by inducting this baby.

Diaoyu Island is a piece of cake。

A bait if you will to pin down the Japs and galvanize people of a nation that is back on track after falling into deep sleep for two-hundred years。China has every right to expand and modernize her defence capabilities，but doing so on the pretext of territorial dispute does not do any harm。

 

[Bratva]

It's look like the fourth ZDK-03 which is being tested in china instead of KJ-500

 

[cnleio]

KJ-500 AEWAC

KJ-500 prototype without AESA radar, for testing Y-9 plane

KJ-500 with AESA radar, mass production version

KJ-500's AESA radar

 

[cnleio]

 

[cnleio]

China KJ series AEW family
(KJ-500, KJ-200, some intelligence aircrafts)

 

[sweetgrape]

 

[Genesis]

I thought the Y-20 was going to be in the mix for future planes?

 

[cirr]

This one is PSed to give an idea of how the new KJ-500 looks like。

 

[SQ8]

Actually, the difference as such lies in the scanning system. The Pakistani ZDK-03 has a vertical scan limited AESA on two arrays that rotate to provide 360 coverage. This system looks fairly identical except that it has three arrays which may or may not rotate.As such it seems like a fixed AESA to provide 360 coverage and essentially do away with the "gaps" that occur during the sweep of the ZDK-03's sensor.

 

[xhw1986]

China’s new powerful AEW&C KJ-500

China’s new GX-10 electronic warfare aircraft

Recently a new China-made AEW&C aircraft and a new electronic warfare aircraft are disclosed by the website of a well-known US military forum. They are respectively given the codenames of Kongjing-500 (KJ-500) and Gaoxin-10 (GX-10) and have drawn keen interest among military fans and observers.

Both aircrafts have been developed on Y-9 transport aircraft as their platforms. Among them KJ-500 looks similar to the ZDK-03 AEW&Cs that China has sold to Pakistan. However the aircraft uses a new type of radar with bulging middle. According to foreign media, China has begun series production of its new type KJ-500 AEW&Cs. The new AEW&C has improved capability in detecting stealth targets; therefore, its successful development is of profound and far-reaching significance in China’s AEW&C and radar industries.

Source: Huanqiu

 

[nangyale]

Now we see why the Chinese weren't so concerned about American Stealth, when they were declaring ADIZ. They already had an answer for that.

Bravo China

 

[Oldman1]

Now we see why the Chinese weren't so concerned about American Stealth, when they were declaring ADIZ. They already had an answer for that.

Bravo China

Really? If stealth is useless the Chinese wouldn't be making aircraft similar to the F22 and F35.

 

[nangyale]

Really? If stealth is useless the Chinese wouldn't be making aircraft similar to the F22 and F35.

No, I never said that stealth is useless. It could be very useful against countries that don't have Chinese type of radars. Countries like Japan, India and Vietnam for China. and countries like Pakistan, Iran, North Korea and the rest for USA.
All previous generation aircrafts can be seen on radars, it doesn't mean any country has stopped producing them because of that.
Now we see with these developments that stealth can be countered as well. It's a start, it's not the end.

 

[Basel]

Countering the stealth is not easy and still there is no system available in the market which is claimed to have stealth planes detection and engagement capability specially at decent range.