PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Great news! Is there also 6 shelters at the PLAAF base? Which would be mean we have 12 x KJ-200 operational
PLAAF has 9 shelters (including 2 new constructions).
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
we are talking about KJ-200 or also known as Y-8W, the balance beam AWACS
if there is 9 shelters it means they may be making more, who knows how large a PLAAF AWACS Regiment is going to be
but lets say if they have 12 units in a Regiment that would provide PLAAF with a serious coverage from a single Regiment
what has probably happened is that PLAAF got the initial Y-8W then the deliverys probably switched to PLAN for the Y-8WH, and now PLAAF will start getting the remaining Y-8Ws to complete thier regiment, maybe not a bad idea since they have gathered up experience with the first lot of AWACS
then once the PLAAF Regiment is complete the PLAN Regiment gets more Y-8WH, i guess its having to fullfill prioritys for both armed forces who need these both at the same time
more importantly now the Navy has a AWACS fleet which they can deploy to cover the vast seas that China needs to keep a eye on, i can see the Y-8W numbers running pretty high pretty soon
if there is 9 shelters it means they may be making more, who knows how large a PLAAF AWACS Regiment is going to be
but lets say if they have 12 units in a Regiment that would provide PLAAF with a serious coverage from a single Regiment
what has probably happened is that PLAAF got the initial Y-8W then the deliverys probably switched to PLAN for the Y-8WH, and now PLAAF will start getting the remaining Y-8Ws to complete thier regiment, maybe not a bad idea since they have gathered up experience with the first lot of AWACS
then once the PLAAF Regiment is complete the PLAN Regiment gets more Y-8WH, i guess its having to fullfill prioritys for both armed forces who need these both at the same time
more importantly now the Navy has a AWACS fleet which they can deploy to cover the vast seas that China needs to keep a eye on, i can see the Y-8W numbers running pretty high pretty soon
i am not sure we can use shelters at that base as any sort of measure of number of awacs. yes, it appears they added two more shelters recently. up until a year ago there were 7. But, those 7 were there since 2005, when kj200 programme was just in prototype stage. And yes, that is 7 in addition to 4 ones for kj2000 system, which are separated from the seven at the south end of the airbase.
It is clear other sort of planes, just not awacs, were using those shelters there. While adding two more shelters may indeed mean two more kj200 are being added to plaaf, it could also just as well mean those are shelters for other kind of new planes or perhaps just belatedly built shelters for existing planes, be those kj200 or other sort.
It is clear other sort of planes, just not awacs, were using those shelters there. While adding two more shelters may indeed mean two more kj200 are being added to plaaf, it could also just as well mean those are shelters for other kind of new planes or perhaps just belatedly built shelters for existing planes, be those kj200 or other sort.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Whats the total inventory of KJ - 2000 & KJ - 200 in PLAAF & PLANAF?
4+6+6 respectively
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
having lived on a airbase (PAF Minhas Airbase which i visit almost every year) i would say counting shelters is probably one of the most reliable ways of determining a air force inventory, not to mention RAF Leuchars which i can see from my house in Scotland
if i could i would give you a full run down of Kamra, but i wont, as after the last time i did it, terrorists used the internet to plan the attack on the airbase, so in the interest of security i will leave it there
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