U.S. National Defense University, "joined forces" recently published an article that China is developing and manufacturing advanced airborne early warning aircraft in order to improve the effectiveness of aircraft, the article said that China is working to develop three early warning aircraft, which appeared in the parade this year, "air marshals -2000" performance over U.S. "E3 Hawkeye" early warning aircraft, and only two will be able to control the Taiwan Strait.
The article said that the PLA were developed by three early-warning "empty police -2000", "Win -8 Balance Beam" and "Win -8 disc", which has been delivered to military use of the "Air Police -2000," features the most complete, is So far the highest-level Chinese-warning aircraft, and the role of U.S. troops "E3 Hawkeye" early warning aircraft similar. Australian defense analysts Koop also the author pointed out that China is developing the three early warning aircraft, at least ─ paragraph may have been in service.
The article says the Chinese military's vision is a well-trained, and equipped with high-tech aircraft, advanced precision-guided munitions and as a "force multiplier" for supporting the modernization of Air Force aircraft, and command, control and intelligence ability to form a network, so that the People's Liberation Army Air Force in the "information conditions" to fight and win a high-tech war. PLA Air Force will integrate the new auxiliary systems (such as airborne early warning aircraft, aerial refueling, intelligence gathering and electronic jamming aircraft), in order to improve the effectiveness of combat aircraft and enhance the operational strike capability.
PLA get early warning aircraft, in addition to effectively master the dead air, the air traffic control capacity will increase substantially in the Taiwan Strait as long as the deployment of more than two early warning aircraft, battle management capabilities in the air can break the cross-strait balance.
Modernization of the PLA Air Force has made considerable progress in recent years. However, some U.S. right-wing scholars in the eyes of the Air Force modernization of China's normal but become the "establishment of a global nature, offensive air power," "peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region's threat."
Known as the "Air leaders" of the early warning aircraft, the Air Force the world has become a key development. Airborne early warning aircraft to the present, its role has expanded from a simple warning to a remote air command guidance, fire control data transmission and other functions, the efficiency of the equivalent of 10 high-power high-performance advanced ground radar, ground-saving 3 warning radar regiment. Therefore we can say that in the information war conditions, there is no effective early warning command and guidance, to organize large-scale air war is almost impossible.
For a long time, rather mysterious early-warning project in China has been the Western media as well as military observers focus of attention. Australian analysts Koop mentioned in the text, for many years, the Chinese Air Force has been dreaming of airborne early warning aircraft.
Koop believes that since the "Feier Kang" early-warning aircraft procurement plan failed, China intends to buy Russian A-50U or A-50E AWACS large has not stopped the rumor, until in 2003 a few photos appeared on the network, which - rumor was ended, the photos clearly show - frame shape and the A-50 airborne early warning aircraft are very similar in Nanjing from China Flight Test flight take-off tests.
Koop said the analysis from these pictures, at least three prototypes have been built, looks have adopted a different coating, which - even with the Chinese aircraft, the Air Force standard gray and white paint. One source said the type of early warning aircraft have been named as the "Air Police -2000." Photo shows the type of early warning is based on large transport aircraft IL -76 converted from.
Addition to the "Air Police -2000", the Koop claimed that the Chinese Air Force should also have two airborne early warning aircraft development projects in progress. One is the conventional rotating radar dome to medium-sized transport aircraft as the carrier transport -8 machine early warning aircraft, known as "disc" type of early warning aircraft. Another early warning aircraft by the Chinese media as "air marshals -200" or "Win -8 balance beam," the appearance of the aircraft reportedly developed with Ericsson of Sweden, "Erieye" airborne early warning aircraft are very similar, both of which set up the an active electronically scanned phased array radar, like the balance beam was installed in the machine back.
Developed in China by three early warning aircraft, the "air marshal -2000" feature the most complete, produced in China is by far the highest level of early warning aircraft, AWACS are truly airborne early warning and control system, and the role of the United States Army E-3 "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft similar.
PLA AWACS for the future role of the Taiwan Air Force officials said the mainland is not established before the airborne early warning force can only be set by the Taiwan Strait more than a dozen sets of cutting-edge radar display for aircraft ground air traffic control, and many low-altitude region has been difficult to effectively control . PLA get early warning aircraft, in addition to effectively master the air dead, but in the air will significantly enhance the control capability to the general AWACS aircraft with 30-40 control capabilities, the PLA as long as the deployment of more than two early warning aircraft in the Taiwan Strait, in the air battlefield management capabilities to be a balance across the Taiwan Strait, the air action is bound to become more flexible, Taiwan does have side pressure is not small.