(1)one side has qualified AEW - so it's outright wrong. AEW is not a guaranteed detection of everything within the bubble - it has to actually be in the air, close enough (targets are physically small in our case, so is their signature), not jammed*.
*jamming is no magic answer, but it will degrade and spatially limit radar's ability to detect and direct engagement against difficult borderline targets.
(2)if you're relying on a salvo of a single frigate to strike a target with its own E-2D in the range - you're doing something awfully wrong, you're probably already detected, and what you're doing is most probably meaningless regardless of whether it's YJ-83 or YJ-12 (which isn't invulnerable either - and in fact much less sneaky). Though if this somehow happened - may as well jam it; frigate can ham C/L, and shipborne jammers aren't joke. AESA AEW will detect you anyway, no need to hide.
(3)if you're talking about YJ-83 in aviation context - then an attack against a high-value target is indeed the way to go, but then no need to shy away from supporting it with both stand-in EW(China already paid a big premium for those J-15D/J-16D - jamming L-band is their job. Use them). Small, low-signature, very low-flying missiles benefit from ESM a lot.
Or you can(should) push the E-2 away from engagement zone with missiles - as mentioned earlier, even AEW range against small, terrain-hugging missiles isn't unlimited.
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