PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[asif iqbal]

A satellite update of AVIC Shaanxi. The source for 2nd image is

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Great work

 

[TheFuture_NoMore]

Some images from when KJ-2000 was being developed.

Very interesting - it is quite rare to see these kind of images that show the inner workings/consoles of chinese platforms with this level of detail.

 

[by78]

KJ-500A participates in Joint Sword-2024B exercise.

 

[by78]

A very nice interior image of a Y-8Q ASW aircraft.

 

[_killuminati_]

Not to doubt your statement, but aren't most AWACS platforms in the West turbofan based? The most significant outlier would have to be the E-2D Hawkeye I would guess.

Just wondering why we see seemingly much greater use of turbofans on Western AWACS aircraft?

SAAB Erieye also.

Turboprob can fly slower, iirc.

What's this "big nose"?

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Looks more helicopter. AS565, Z-8.
Too blurry to tell if goiter is on the neck or foreground of image.

 

[by78]

Rare high-resolution image of Y-9Z ELINT flying missions in western Pacific.

 

[LuzinskiJ]

Here is an interesting article (based on a SCMP article) that shows the potential of AI (LLM, specifically) in ECM:

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. I do believe as warfare becomes more and more digitized and AI taking on an ever larger role, on-board sensors and processors will need to be so powerful that the most advanced chips will be (and need to be) found in forward deployed war fighting platforms. Maybe the US was right in denying China from obtain the means to produce those chips as they foresaw this coming. It may come to pass that nations that can produce the most powerful chips and write the most sophisticated software will win the next major conflict. So much so that the Russian SMO against Ukraine will be remembered as the last of one kind of warfare and the beginning of another kind.

 

[Overbom]

Here is an interesting article (based on a SCMP article) that shows the potential of AI (LLM, specifically) in ECM:

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. I do believe as warfare becomes more and more digitized and AI taking on an ever larger role, on-board sensors and processors will need to be so powerful that the most advanced chips will be (and need to be) found in forward deployed war fighting platforms. Maybe the US was right in denying China from obtain the means to produce those chips as they foresaw this coming. It may come to pass that nations that can produce the most powerful chips and write the most sophisticated software will win the next major conflict. So much so that the Russian SMO against Ukraine will be remembered as the last of one kind of warfare and the beginning of another kind.

Just wanted to add that the SCMP article was written by Stephen Chen

 

[banjex]

AI at this point is a poorly defined answer searching for a question. Vastly overhyped. Isn't even making any money despite the billions of capital being pissed away.

 

[taxiya]

Turboprob can fly slower, iirc.

very good point, I forgot that.