Take a deep breath and look:

Today's blockbuster, the E-2D "Hawkeye" carrier-based early warning aircraft and the F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet" carrier-based fighter jet perform together.

It's a bit too intense, is this something I can watch?

The KJ-600 must be solid, it's highly likely to participate in the ceremony on September 3rd.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force and Navy have three current early warning aircraft models in service, namely the KJ-2000, KJ-200, and KJ-500. In addition, there are newer models such as the KJ-600 and KJ-3000.

Currently, the total number of China's early warning aircraft has exceeded 70, ranking second in the world, just behind the United States' 118, making China the second-largest country in terms of early warning aircraft. China's early warning aircraft scale exceeds the total of Japan, South Korea, India, the UK, and France's early warning aircraft fleets.

From the horizontal folding wing and four-direction tail layout, the overall design of the KJ-600 early warning aircraft is similar to the US military's E-2 carrier-based early warning aircraft, which reduces project risks by drawing on foreign experience and is suitable for global trends in carrier-based early warning aircraft. It also indicates that the top-level design requirements of the KJ-600 early warning aircraft are very similar to those of the US E-2 carrier-based early warning aircraft.

The KJ-600 early warning aircraft is powered by two FWJ-6C turboprop engines. The FEJ-6C engine uses the JL-4 type six-blade composite material propeller, which is lightweight, efficient, and low-noise, and is widely used in domestically produced special aircraft platforms.

The domestic third-generation active phased array radar used by the KJ-600 is significantly different from the second-generation active phased array radar. Its disk cross-section is thinner. This design is to reduce the overall weight, optimize aerodynamic performance, and improve flight efficiency.

The maximum detection range of the E-2D equipped by the US Navy is 560 kilometers, capable of tracking more than 2000 flying targets simultaneously, and directing 40 batches of interceptor groups. Such detection level is rare worldwide. Some analysts say that the radar performance and command and control capabilities of the KJ-600 should be better than the US E-2D early warning aircraft.

The US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carriers usually carry 75 carrier-based aircraft during an overseas deployment, including 5 E-2D early warning aircraft.

Currently, the domestically built aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong, are equipped with early warning helicopters, the Zhi-18 early warning aircraft developed based on the Zhi-8. This aircraft has limitations in endurance, flight altitude, and detection distance. Fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft do not have these problems.

With the improvement of the domestic aircraft carrier system, the emergence of the KJ-600 will fill this gap. The upcoming super aircraft carrier "Fujian" will be equipped with the KJ-600 carrier-based early warning aircraft, and subsequently, the KJ-600 will also explore its deployment capability on the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers with ski-jump takeoff.

In the future, with the addition of the KJ-600 carrier-based early warning aircraft, the ability of the domestic aircraft carrier fleet to handle incoming threats and command complex operations will greatly improve. A complete combat system will also take shape.

Additionally, it is obvious that the J-15T carrier-based aircraft and the J-35 stealth carrier-based aircraft will definitely be deployed on the "Fujian" aircraft carrier, which is no longer in doubt. Due to a comprehensive deep upgrade, it is equipped with a new phased array radar and avionics weapons system, the J-15T has become the most powerful heavy carrier-based fighter in the world today.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7521270778088718911/

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