China is building a carrier-launched plane equipped with advanced early-warning radar that could even spot stealth jets from afar.
Official state media has confirmed the development of the long-rumored [3] KJ-600, a twenty-five to thirty ton twin turboprop plane built by Xian Aircraft Corporation with a large AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar, which has the reported capability of locating stealth aircraft like U.S. F-22s and F-35s over two hundred miles away.
The sophisticated radar system emits radio waves along rapidly changing frequencies making it difficult to evade. China’s newest navy ships are equipped [4] with this powerful radar system, but when the KJ-600 enters service it will provide naval operations with a significant boost.