14.11.2004, 15:29
China Now Test-Flying Homemade AWACS
Radar Planes Intended For Use in Taiwan Strait
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Radar Planes Intended For Use in Taiwan Strait
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Zitat:BEIJING, Nov. 12 -- The Chinese military, undeterred by a U.S. veto that blocked the purchase of Israeli planes, has developed its own radar surveillance aircraft and is test-flying the first models for early deployment in the Taiwan Strait, according to military specialists.(gratis Registrierung erforderlich)
The Chinese airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, uses domestically produced advanced radar mounted on a Russian-made Il-76 transport aircraft. Analysts said the AWACS marks an important step in the government's campaign to develop the modern military necessary to back up its threat to reunite Taiwan with the mainland by force if necessary. (...)