China is developing an early-warning carrier-based aircraft with radar to track stealth jets. Photo: Weibo
Eugene K. Chow, National Interest: China Might Have a New Radar That Can Spot F-22s and F-35s
A new Chinese surveillance aircraft could take away a key advantage of American stealth jets.
China is building a carrier-launched plane equipped with advanced early-warning radar that could even spot stealth jets from afar.
Official state media has confirmed the development of the long-rumored KJ-600, a twenty-five to thirty ton twin turboprop plane built by Xian Aircraft Corporation with a large AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar, which has the reported capability of locating stealth aircraft like U.S. F-22s and F-35s over two hundred miles away.
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Update #1: Why America’s stealth jet forces should fear China’s new unarmed eye in the sky (SCMP)
Update #2: China Developing Advanced Aircraft Capable Of Detecting Stealth Planes, Including F-35, F-22 (International Business Times)
WNU Editor: If the above report is true .... so much for the U.S. having a stealth advantage.
