Aside from questions about whether such a system works, the problem is that satellites are more vulnerable than aircraft are. They are impossible to hide and they can't evade attacks. It's a dumb idea to ditch proven technologies that critical to the modern battlespace to gamble on unproven ones. What China would do is to build up its AWACS fleet, develop new types of AWACS units to better detect stealth aircraft, and to build up satellite based AEW.
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They've had similar discussions about this at SPF, most assume the system would take the form of a large constellation like starlink with hundreds if not thousands of small satellites. How are you suppose to hide from this, there'll be enough satellite to have consistent coverage and too many satellites to take out via ASAT weapons. They already got Starshield working with over a hundred satellites I don't think this is far fetched from reality. Of course I'm not defending the decision of cancelling mature and proven platforms for unproven ones that can't be completed within the next 5 years if not longer, it absolutely is stupid and I completely agree that China should not abandon AEWC effort and instead should work on both and probably IMO space based ASAT capability as a potential counter.
If Trump stops blowing money on stupid stuff like this then maybe he will have the budget for E-7.
Why would you need to hide from them? You just knock them out, or better yet, just blind them.
Is is really feasible to combine radar capabilities from small satellites to detect ream-time aircraft at least 500km away? I know it's theoretically possible through synthesized aperture capabilities, but if in reality you need powerful radars for each satellite it's just like launching awacs into space.
Only if they purge the company of Jack Welch influence.
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1. The USN will want something closer to a notional 054BE for responding to extended contingencies in the Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea and what not.
2. Probably most optimal for Beijing to offer localized production in a labor friendly, coastal state like Washington or California where a local shipyard and the associated labor unions can be co-opted with relative ease by the MSS, UFWD and/or CSSC subsidiaries.
3. Will first need to confirm with GE on the availability of reasonably updated F414 turbofans, but there's no reason not to offer Boeing or Lockheed a joint venture localizing the production of J-35s for the US or even greater NATO markets.
The sitting American President Donald J. Trump is all about making deals, and no deal will do more for (immediate and medium term) peace and prosperity (e.g. stock market indexes) than a corporate marriage (e.g. defense joint venture) between the Chinese and American military-industrial complexes!
This is in all fairness the path of least resistance for realizing the envisioned by President Trump!