PLA AEW&C, SIGINT, EW and MPA thread

[Deino]

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.

Agreed, but IMO anything but a second KJ-3000 would have been mentioned in the usual circles and this one appeared in June and in early August reportedly the second KJ-3000 made its maiden flight.

That is surely not a proof, but IMO at least a clear hint.