🚨🇨🇳 CHINA FLIGHT-TESTS WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL AIRBORNE RADAR
China’s KJ-3000 Airborne Early Warning and Control now in flight testing on the Y-20B — the world’s largest military transport in production — as a critical expansion of Chinese Air Force kill chains and airborne sensor dominance, Pentagon reports.
🔸 The U.S. E-3 Sentry is deemed wholly inadequate for modern Pacific conflicts by top Air Force leaders (Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, PACAF Commander)
🔸 China’s KJ-500 is already in larger-scale production than the next several AEW&C systems combined.
🔸 The KJ-3000 introduces the first digital radar architecture with advanced data links, passive target identification, and sophisticated anti-jamming features.
🔸 Its rotating AESA dome on the Y-20B airframe delivers true 360° coverage and high-energy detection of stealth targets beyond 360 km.
🔸 Air-to-air refueling enables persistent command-and-control coverage far at sea to support carrier groups ahead of China’s sixth-gen fighter advantage.
Is China’s KJ-3000 already ahead of America’s E-3?
A new appearance of a Chinese reconnaissance drone capable of vertical takeoff and landing on ships.
It is used by the PLA Dalian Naval Academy and relies on eight foldable lift rotors, while the rear propeller allows it to transition into horizontal flight after takeoff.