KJ-600 carrierborne AEWC thread

[Andy1974]

Remember this! Only the UAV is missing...
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Do we have confirmation of an airship?
What is the stratospheric UAV? not the recent spaceplane test surely?

 

[Raymond]

Do we have confirmation of an airship?
What is the stratospheric UAV? not the recent spaceplane test surely?

not sure airship. But some stratospheric UAVs have been disclosed like wz-7

 

[szbd]

Do we have confirmation of an airship?
What is the stratospheric UAV? not the recent spaceplane test surely?

there was a quite famous report 2 years ago

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[Hub]

Remember this! Only the UAV is missing...
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One old article from the warzone this July , obviously related to the last one”stratospheric airship”.

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[by78]

One more grainy image.

 

[iantsai]

One more grainy image.

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Wasn't it an E-2?

 

[by78]

Wasn't it an E-2?

No, the tail/vertical stabilizers say otherwise.

 

[Kejora]

Wasn't it an E-2?

No, the tail/vertical stabilizers say otherwise.

It also has 6 bladed propellers as opposed to E-2's 8.

 

[Deino]

No, the tail/vertical stabilizers say otherwise.

Really? How are they different besides having the upper part a bit taller than on the E-2? (but that's barely visible)
I still have issues to differ them by the tails, whereas the 6-bladed props as explained by @Kejora is a clear detail.

 

[by78]

Really? How are they different besides having the upper part a bit taller than on the E-2? (but that's barely visible)

Yes, that's what I was referring to. There is a thin black 'line' behind/below the main wings, that line is the horizontal stabilizer, and note where it intersects the vertical stabilizer. The upper part is longer than the lower part, and that's how I could tell.

P.S. I had forgotten about the propellers.