Pakistan received ZDK-03 AEW&C aircraft

[niceguy2011]

The plane went to Pakistan one day after NATO attack.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Can you give credible details?? The rotodome looks kind of small.

 

[redragon]

it's a very old "news", and our Pakistani brothers better do a good job in protecting it, last time, some terrorists sneak in and blow the PC-3 into pieces.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Isn't this based on an old 1974 Russiann design??

 

[LETHALFORCE]

it's a very old "news", and our Pakistani brothers better do a good job in protecting it, last time, some terrorists sneak in and blow the PC-3 into pieces.

why didn't you protect your brothers during that ?? you chinese were there snooping around. And also during NATO attacks?? 2 more examples of all talk no action by hot shot chinese loud mouths.

 

[redragon]

Can you give credible details?? The rotodome looks kind of small.

All I can tell you is the pic is real, there are a lot more in CD from different angle, and the pic is took at a west end airport, very close to Pakistan, is that credible enough? All the latest news or progress related with Chinese defence are from Chinese forum, way ealier than from shitty magzines like Janes, Aviation weekly or Kanwa.
Regarding the rotodome, you think you are a better person to judge that than Pakistan and China's military experts?

 

[LETHALFORCE]

All I can tell you is the pic is real, there are a lot more in CD from different angle, and the pic is took at a west end airport, very close to Pakistan, is that credible enough? All the latest news or progress related with Chinese defence are from Chinese forum, way ealier than from shitty magzines like Janes, Aviation weekly or Kanwa.
Regarding the rotodome, you think you are a better person to judge that than Pakistan and China's military experts?

This is a credible source?? Yes I am a better judge for guys who cannot detect a helicopter flying halfway across their country to kil Osama Bin Laden and guys who have no radar to pick a NATO helicopter that killed their soldiers.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Pakistan will not be able to datalink this to any US warplane so in many ways this is great for India.

 

[redragon]

Pakistan will not be able to datalink this to any US warplane so in many ways this is great for India.

good for Indian, one less thing to worry.
Just a reminder, I heard PAF will build the air force based on Their own fighters.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Then tell me a credible source which publish news ealier than CD, cut the empty talk.
that still won't qualify you to be better than military experts, don't try to change the role.

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It certainly is not you, when US takes it apart more details will be revealed.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

good for Indian, one less thing to worry.
Just a reminder, I heard PAF will build there air force based on Their own fighters.

so scary!! woo hooo

 

[trackwhack]

good for Indian, one less thing to worry.
Just a reminder, I heard PAF will build the air force based on Their own fighters.

We would not want it any other way. Suits us well indeed.

 

[SADAKHUSH]

good for Indian, one less thing to worry.
Just a reminder, I heard PAF will build the air force based on Their own fighters.

Only if the nation is still around in one piece.

 

[SpArK]

good for Indian, one less thing to worry.
Just a reminder, I heard PAF will build the air force based on Their own fighters.

Thats heartening to hear.

Our only worry was fighting falcons.

We are more than happy if they replace all of them with their own fighters even double in numbers.

 

[Blackwater]

Isn't this based on an old 1974 Russiann design??

Yes, its based on russian AN-12 platform. What you can expect from Chinese....

 

[J20!]

Isn't this based on an old 1974 Russiann design??

Nope! This is yet another derivative of the Y9 transport, which is INDIGENOUS to the PRC baby. I really cant think of a 1970's russian aircraft that looks like this.

 

[Blackwater]

Nope! This is yet another derivative of the Y9 transport, which is INDIGENOUS to the PRC baby. I really cant think of a 1970's russian aircraft that looks like this.

Y9 is derivative of Y8
Y-8 derivative of An-12

AN-12 looks like that. All you have done is made some cosmetic changes especially in nose.. This is what you good at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi_Y-8

 

[Blackwater]

Nope! This is yet another derivative of the Y9 transport, which is INDIGENOUS to the PRC baby. I really cant think of a 1970's russian aircraft that looks like this.

Indigenous...my foot.. you people are just mere copy cat.

look from where your indegenous Y9 come from

[h=2]Variants[/h]

• Y-8: The baseline unpressurized transport aircraft produced primarily for transport duties with the PLAAF.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8A: Helicopter transport aircraft with rear loading ramp, travelling gantry removed and a hydraulically operated steady under the rear door.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8AF: ASW platform under tests, with extended magnetic anomaly detector at the tail, the latest military version, looks similar to Y-8 Mineral research plane.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8B: Unpressurised freight/passenger transport aircraft for CAAC.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8C: Fully pressurised transport version with the rear cargo ramp of the Y-8B.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8CA: (a.k.a. 'High New 1') Electronic Countermeasures aircraft with extensive arrays of aerials and a ventral canoe.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8CB: ECM variant, characterized by a sharp pointed nose cone.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8D: Export military transport fitted with western avionics. The initial Y-8D was superseded by the Y-8DII.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8DZ: (Dianzi Zhencha - ELINT)(a.k.a.'High New 2') Electronic signals intelligence version characterized by the cylindrical array just in front of the vertical stabilizer.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8E: Drone carrier aircraft for launching WZ-5 Chang Hong-1(Chang Hong - long rainbow) reconnaissance drones, reverse-engineeredRyan Firebees, to replace Tu-4 Drone launchers..

• Y-8F: Live-stock transport aircraft with three tiers of cages either side of a central aisle, able to accommodate 350 sheep or goats. The livestock transport was developed to allow access to remote seasonal pastures.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8F-100: Fitted with more powerful engines, EFIS, colour weather radar, TCAS and GPS.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8F-200: This model has a 2.2m (7 ft 10in) stretched fuselage.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8F-300: Civil transport with western avionics.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8F-400: As for Y-8F-300 but with pressurised cargo hold.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8F-600: Newest civilian transport variant with a redesigned fuselage, Pratt and Whitney turboprop engines, an Electronic Flight Instrument System "glass cockpit", and a two-person crew.[SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP]

• Y-8G: ELINT platform (project).[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8G: IFR tanker. (project).[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8G: Airborne Command Post and ECM version a.k.a. 'High New 3' based on the Y-8F-200.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8H: Aerial survey aircraft.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8J: AWACS aircraft with British GEC-Marconi Argus-2000 (RACAL Skymaster) L-band pulse-doppler search radar in a large nose radome, with work stations for the operators in the cargo hold. Reputedly fully pressurised but lacking the cargo ramp associated with pressurised cargo holds.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8J: AEW aircraft with Sky Master radar.[SUP][10][/SUP]

• Y-8JB: ELINT variant.[SUP][10][/SUP]

• Y-8K: 121-seat airliner.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8T: C3I command post and battlefield surveillance aircraft based on the Y-8F-400. Some sources claim it is an ECM aircraft.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8U: Experimental aircraft equipped with British Mk 32 aerial refueling pods for the development of Chinese aerial refueling technology.

• Y-8X: (Xun - surveillance) Maritime Patrol Aircraft with western avionics, radar, mission systems and defensive aids. Some aircraft have been known to carry ELINT packages. Equipped with Litton Canada AN/APS-504(V) search radar for maritime surveillance missions. This version is characterized by a larger cylindrical radar radome under the nose similar to that on H-6 bomber.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8XZ: (a.k.a. 'High New 7') a Psychological warfare aircraft for broadcasting TV and radio propaganda.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8W: An AWACS version of the KJ-200 with 'Balance Beam phased array radar mounted above the fuselage.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8 AWACS: Characterized by the large Rotodome strut supported over the rear fuselage and the triple tail configuration with large trapezoidal auxiliary fins at the tips of the tailplane, similar to the Beriev A-50.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8 AWACS: Another AWACS version was studied at Shaanxi with large radomes at nose and tail in similar fashion to the abortive AEW Nimrod.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8 Geophysical Survey Aircraft: Characterized by the extended magnetic anomaly detector at the tail, for finding potential mine sites, similar in appearance to an anti-submarine warfare platform and is often mistaken for the latter.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• Y-8EW: New EW aircraft.[SUP][10][/SUP]

• Y-8Q: ASW variant, surface search radar, FLIR, internal bomb bay, SATCOM, and tail MAD.[SUP][10][/SUP]

• Y-8 Gunship: A projected gunship version based on the Y-8C with two heavy cannon and ports for three heavy machine-guns on the port side of the aircraft. Weapons aiming and target acquisition achieved by gyro-stabilised optoelectronic sighting system in a ball turret under the nose. A steerable searchlight would be installed uin a pod under the port outer wing, as well as ESM and/or ECM pods as required.[SUP][8][/SUP]

• ZDK-03: A variant designed specifically for export to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Consists of a Chinese AESA radar mounted on the Y-8F600 platform.[SUP][11][/SUP] The radar is reported to have a greater range than that of the PAF's Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C radar [SUP][12][/SUP] and the aircraft incorporates open architecture electronics to make future upgrades easier to implement.[SUP][13][/SUP] Delivery of the first aircraft to the Pakistan Air Force was expected by the end of 2010.[SUP][12][/SUP] The first aircraft was reported to have been delivered in November 2011 by Pakistani media.[SUP][[/SUP][SUP]citation needed[/SUP][SUP]][/SUP]

Shaanxi Y-8 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[LETHALFORCE]

china awacs

china awacs

This credible link says it is not an AESA radar???

 

[agentperry]

so when it is going to crash like jf-17? at a base with homegrown fighter ordered to china