Intrepid
Major
I don't know the performance data of KJ-500 and KJ-600, but I expect KJ-600 to be able to operate from shorter runways (small islands for example, or mountainous areas).
It was only a thought, forgett it
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KJ-600 carrierborne AEWC thread
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It was only a thought, forgett it
.Do you mean Singapore? I couldn't find any sources saying that Taiwan is replacing E-2 with EL/W-2085.
Intrepid
Major
Yes, sorry, Singapore and not Taiwan. My fault.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Taiwan still uses E2 variants. Think they just signed to upgrade them to D specs
Considering the powerplant for 600 is same as 500 due to similar airframe, it wouldn't be any different incase of taking off from land.I don't know the performance data of KJ-500 and KJ-600, but I expect KJ-600 to be able to operate from shorter runways (small islands for example, or mountainous areas).
It was only a thought, forgett it
Its just that the body and landing gear will be strengthened to deal with catapult and arrested recovery jerk/acceleration requirements.
No offense but none of this is relevant to the milestone that KJ-600 makes China now the second country to successfully fly a dedicated design carrier based fixed wing AEWC.
Those other nations which operate E-2s (whether from carriers or land) which are not the US, did not develop the aircraft but bought them.
Taiwan doesn't operate Eitam either, you might be thinking of Singapore.
Lethe
Captain
No, it is not particularly difficult to design or build. But as an integral part of a first-rate carrier battle group, the expenditure of significant development funds to bring it fruition speaks both to China's ambitions for its aircraft carrier program, and progress towards those goals.
Consider that despite their carrier ambitions, France and the UK have not produced such an aircraft, mostly owing to the very low numbers of airframes that would be required to service the very few carriers those nations can afford, and the resulting inefficiency of devoting significant funds to such a project. The Soviet Union did not field such an aircraft because they did not doctrinally commit to a US-style supercarrier until very late in the Cold War, which was then never realised. Only China has arrived at the combination of doctrinal requirements and resources that have led it to replicate the United States' path in this respect.
Like building 075 LHDs, it is not a technological story, but a national-political one.
The simple answer is we do not know, as PLANAF doesn't really talk about that (someone correct me if wrong).
To give you a rough idea, USN normally embarks four to five E-2 series aircraft, but the French for example only embark two. So I am guessing somewhere between those two figures.