How effective is Chinese Air Force in electronic warfare
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Engineer
Major
People over here just exaggerated the story. I have read the actual story in Chinese, and it mentioned that there were a lot of targets on radar. Fearing an attack, J-7s were sent to intercept the targets and they finally found out there was only a Prowler. I don't think the Prowler was ever in Chinese airspace.
vesicles
Colonel
Man! it sound a lot like an EMP attack.
The Nanjing MR is huge and covers several provinces and thousands of square miles. It would take so much more to be able to cripple communication in such huge area. If such thing actually happened, it would be a major disaster that would be known throughout the world.
Israel planned on selling China AWAC technology a while back but the deal didn't fall through due to U.S. pressure. There are still a lot of vicious rumours about missile technological exchanges though.
Geographer
Junior Member
Don't forget that the PLA can draw on China's massive industrial base which is increasingly high-tech. Think of how many Chinese students are getting PhDs in electronic subjects at the top American universities. Chinese and Koreans dominate PhD programs in the sciences and engineering at American universities. Some stay in the U.S., some return home. China has a lot of smart people to draw on. The question is whether the PLA can use China's human resources effectively. The PLA or China's defense industry has to offer high salaries and a rewarding career path in order to attract the best engineers returning from overseas. The PLA, CAC, etc. are competing with Intel, AMD, Honda, all the world's top companies for their skills.
Skywatcher
Captain
Most likely, the Prowler might have just targeted a single communications node, which would cause a cascade of failures/blockages.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Notice how they went out of their way to cover up the bottom of the UAV.
My guess is that the ground station lost contact with the RQ170 and it just glided to the ground and suffered very minor damage.
The first Iranian reports indicated the UAV suffered minor damage, and there have been many famous cases of planes gliding to the ground with only minor damage after their pilots ejected. A F106 did it in 1970; during one of the Arab-Israeli wars where a pilot ejected and his plane glided to the desert and was almost in perfect condition. I also remember a recent case where a French Rafale landed itself in a field after the pilot bailed out.
Now, all this talk of the Iranians over-riding the controls seems almost certain to be exaggerated, but they could still have been responsible for bringing the Sentinel down if they managed to successfully disrupt it's link with the ground station which resulted in the UAV coming down.
My guess is that the ground station lost contact with the RQ170 and it just glided to the ground and suffered very minor damage.
The first Iranian reports indicated the UAV suffered minor damage, and there have been many famous cases of planes gliding to the ground with only minor damage after their pilots ejected. A F106 did it in 1970; during one of the Arab-Israeli wars where a pilot ejected and his plane glided to the desert and was almost in perfect condition. I also remember a recent case where a French Rafale landed itself in a field after the pilot bailed out.
Now, all this talk of the Iranians over-riding the controls seems almost certain to be exaggerated, but they could still have been responsible for bringing the Sentinel down if they managed to successfully disrupt it's link with the ground station which resulted in the UAV coming down.