PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[ACuriousPLAFan]

I just found out that I said "the left building" but the KJ-700 radar is actually the right building lol.

No wonder the radomes on the left side in both photos look oddly identical lol

Supposedly yes, but I can't find another source confirming the same designation (KJ-700) but at least we know what they are planning to install on the back of AEW platform.

Interesting.

With a much larger radome than the ones on the KJ-500, and given how the Y-9 is using the comparably underpowered WJ-6J - Perhaps the currently WIP Y-30 with AEP500 could be the more suitable platform for the supposed KJ-700...

Also, the larger radome is two-sided, which means that radome could/should be a rotating design. For comparison, the KJ-500's radome is a three-sided, fixed design.

 

[Deino]

Rumor suggests that the next-gen AEW platform will be named after "KJ-700 and KJ-3000" (not surprising)

The one in the middle is supposed to be the radar for KJ-3000 whereas the left one is for KJ-700.

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Comparison before the new one was installed on the left building.
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Left? .. but isn’t the right one the one which is different?

 

[Red tsunami]

Left? .. but isn’t the right one the one which is different?

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But why is the radar array of "KJ-700" larger than that of "KJ-3000"?

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Left? .. but isn’t the right one the one which is different?

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Yes, the right one.

But why is the radar array of "KJ-700" larger than that of "KJ-3000"?

They don't?

@斯文的土匪--- on Weibo (the original poster) mentioned that both radomes look pretty close/almost similar in size.

 

[Hitomi]

With a much larger radome than the ones on the KJ-500, and given how the Y-9 is using the comparably underpowered WJ-6J - Perhaps the currently WIP Y-30 with AEP500 could be the more suitable platform for the supposed KJ-700...

Offtopic but where did you get the WJ-6J designation from?

 

[sequ]

Perhaps a KJ-919? Or is that too far along the road?

 

[Deino]

Yes, the right one.


They don't?

@斯文的土匪--- on Weibo (the original poster) mentioned that both radomes look pretty close/almost similar in size.

Here's another image from the same site ...

Perhaps a KJ-919? Or is that too far along the road?

Actually I don't think yet ... if ever.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Here's another image from the same site ...

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This seems like an even earlier photo, predating the two photos posted earlier in this thread.

 

[sequ]

Actually I don't think yet ... if ever.

Why do you think so?

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Offtopic but where did you get the WJ-6J designation from?

I should've mentioned WJ-6C or WJ-6. My bad.