PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

by78

by78

General
Five Y-8Qs in a row, the most ever seen together in an image taken on the ground (not from satellite).

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asif iqbal

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
China now has so many special mission aircraft I guess it cab afford to station a dozen of these on the South China Sea islands

btw Australia has deployed its P8 units to South China Sea, what is Australia doing there ?

anyway China also has the right to station these advanced units in SCS
 
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antiterror13

Brigadier
asif iqbal said:
China now has so many special mission aircraft I guess it cab afford to station a dozen of these on the South China Sea islands

btw Australia has deployed its P8 units to South China Sea, what is Australia doing there ?

anyway China also has the right to station these advanced units in SCS
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Australia will just follow what the US ask them to do, thats just simple ... same as Japan
 
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banjex

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asif iqbal said:
China now has so many special mission aircraft I guess it cab afford to station a dozen of these on the South China Sea islands

btw Australia has deployed its P8 units to South China Sea, what is Australia doing there ?

anyway China also has the right to station these advanced units in SCS
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Rettam Stacf

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asif iqbal said:
no I think it was from last RAN P8 documentary on CNN
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Unless Australia has a forward base, it is not likely this is feasible.

It is about 2000 miles from Australia's Northern coast to the Spratly Islands. P8's ferry range is 4500 nautical miles. That leaves about an hour of patrol time. Not sure if RAN's P8 has mid air refueling capability.
 
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