sancho
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Yeah, a lot of sources say its AESA, but there isn't any confirmed official source.
The pictures of the platform which came to Pakistan and the pictures of the latest model of ZDK-03 pasted previous page says something else.
Keep the difference in mind! The KJ 2000 does not have a rotodome, but 3 radar arrays in a triangle form if I'm not wrong. That's why that system should be an AESA radar, but the system that came to Pakistan had a rotodome as you pointed out and as LT.PRATEEK said, both makes no sense.
So the question is, will PAF get the fixed dome of the KJ 2000, or not and personally I would want to know if the KJ 2000 dome fits on Y-8, because it must be pretty heavy and looks bigger.
Btw, the aircraft that cam to Pakistan is a Y-8, the model instead is a Y-9 if I'm not wrong, so might show a future AWACS model that could be possible for PAF too.