PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

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antiterror13

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KJ-700 looks very good and the specs (rumour) seems significantly better than KJ-500 which is already very very good.

I am wondering whether it uses the same airframe Y-9? it seems it does, how about the engine? uprated engine or the same ?

I am expecting KJ-700 is a significant upgrade, otherwise PLA wouldn't use different name, as we know PLA is very very cautious to use different name. If the update is not significant, I'd expect it would be called KJ-500A, B or G

I am expecting KJ-700 would need higher power than KJ-500 .... any thought?
 
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antiterror13 said:
KJ-700 looks very good and the specs (rumour) seems significantly better than KJ-500 which is already very very good.

I am wondering whether it uses the same airframe Y-9? it seems it does, how about the engine? uprated engine or the same ?

I am expecting KJ-700 is a significant upgrade, otherwise PLA wouldn't use different name, as we know PLA is very very cautious to use different name. If the update is not significant, I'd expect it would be called KJ-500A, B or G

I am expecting KJ-700 would need higher power than KJ-500 .... any thought?
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What rumoured specifications have you seen, and where have you seen it as being credible?

I haven't come across any indications or reasoning why KJ-700 would have a significantly different airframe/platform/engine to KJ-500 (or let alone KJ-200 preceding it).


KJ-500 of course will be an uplift in capability relative to KJ-500 but that should be primarily in terms of sophistication and setup of sensors, battle management and networking etc.
 
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ismellcopium

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Is it from an official resource? If it is, are there any indications for the radar being new?
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From 舰船知识, not technically official, tho AFAIK there's a significant overlap between their authorship & PLA so they're usually pretty good.

The engines supposedly being new is interesting, any idea which model?
 
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supersnoop

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So the new array being 2 sided would lose the full time 360 degree coverage, or there are some supplemental radars somewhere?
 
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