PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[antiterror13]

How do you know that it is the first of KJ-3000 ?

 

[HailingTX20]

The first KJ-3000 no. 7821 was seen again (Via @Captain小潇)

View attachment 168241
View attachment 168242

And the video to those pics:

https://imgur.com/o19TwUy

 

[Deino]

How do you know that it is the first of KJ-3000 ?

The first one had a flag on the tail and IMO the number looks like 7821

 

[Tomboy]

Another pic of KJ-3000

 

[ismellcopium]

Radome-less 3000

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014038701228126226

 

[siegecrossbow]

Radome-less 3000

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014038701228126226

View attachment 168508

For all we know it could be a test platform for a Raygun. You can’t really tell based on a grainy photo.

The first one had a flag on the tail and IMO the number looks like 7821

View attachment 168244

It’s interesting that they’ve gone back to using a rotating disk instead of fixed three-D array. Did any insider explain the reasoning and tradeoffs?

 

[Tomboy]

It’s interesting that they’ve gone back to using a rotating disk instead of fixed three-D array. Did any insider explain the reasoning and tradeoffs?

You can now fit a larger array per area of radome at the disadvantage of not being able to simultaneously scan in all three directions.

 

[siegecrossbow]

You can now fit a larger array per area of radome at the disadvantage of not being able to simultaneously scan in all three directions.

I guess that you can’t maintain simultaneous scan for long anyway due to power limitations.

 

[Deino]

For all we know it could be a test platform for a Raygun. You can’t really tell based on a grainy photo.



It’s interesting that they’ve gone back to using a rotating disk instead of fixed three-D array. Did any insider explain the reasoning and tradeoffs?

In case - as a typical Germany without any sense of humor - I missed the joke ... it is not that grainy:

 

[siegecrossbow]

In case - as a typical Germany without any sense of humor - I missed the joke ... it is not that grainy:

View attachment 168776

My point is that it is no where close enough to tell whether the object on the spine is the base of radar dome or a new device altogether.