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Improvements to Chinese radar systems are being highlighted at an industry expo in Nanjing.
Developments are coming as many countries boost their defenses with drones and stealth aircraft.
China has put the spotlight on its advanced radars, highlighting improvements in its ability to track US stealth aircraft at an industry expo, according to state media.
The hardware on display at the three-day World Radar Expo in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing included the long-range SLC-7, JY-26 and LC-8E systems, state-run Global Times reported on Friday.
Each of these systems can identify and track stealth aircraft, which are designed to avoid detection and carry out precision strikes against key military assets.
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WHY IS PAKISTAN’S JF-17 FIGHTER A FAILURE?
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16th January, 2021 04:33:23
In 1999, Pakistan and China signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce the JF-17 “Thunder” and equally share the development cost. The JF-17 was planned to be a low cost, light-weight, all-weather multi-role fighter with a Chinese airframe, equipped with Western avionics and powered by the Russian Klimov RD 93 aero-engine.
Pakistan envisaged a fighter aircraft comparable to the Su-30MKI, Mig-29 and Mirage-2000. China even stated that it would induct the aircraft due to its superior capabilities. However, the aircraft is far from its conceived capabilities as it is a low cost fighter developed with low quality Chinese avionics and weapons.
Chinese J-11B Jet Upgraded with AESA Radar Enters Series Production: Reports Our Bureau 6370
Chinese J-11B jet upgraded with AESA Radar
China’s J-11B fighter aircraft equipped with an Active Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar has entered series production.
The upgraded aircraft, possibly re-designated as J-11BG has entered batch production at the Shenyang aircraft plant of the Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC). Flight tests of the upgraded aircraft were wrapped up on December 18, AVIC announced on its Sina Weibo account on Wednesday, Chinese media reported.
The appearance of a J-11B fighter jet with a white-painted radar dome featured in photos attached to AVIC s Weibo post, is indicative of the change in radar, speculated Weihutang, a China Central Television program on military affairs. Most of the previous J-11B fighter jets had their radar domes painted black, the report said.