tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9433712.post6752985863674937090..comments2024-02-24T06:02:36.178-08:00Comments on China Defense Blog: Thanks Saeed Khan for the heads upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9433712.post-91452815178583961032008-12-31T12:35:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:35:00.000-08:00at this point, we don't know. I will post more i...at this point, we don't know. I will post more information when they became available. But, as far as I know the Chinese AWAC that is selling to Pakistan is based on the Y-8 airframe, not IL-76. <BR/><BR/>Yup, it is an interested devlopmentCoatepequehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508159287589782109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9433712.post-81155825750048676322008-12-30T06:58:00.000-08:002008-12-30T06:58:00.000-08:00Interesting find...bears watching.Couple of observ...Interesting find...bears watching.<BR/>Couple of observations - <BR/>Getting a viable AEW platform entails a whole lot more than stuffing a radar into a pedastal on a (fill in the blank) airframe as the Soviets found out. Even with the work on the Il-76 airframe, there are significant compromises entailed. Once those are overcome there is the matter of environment it will operate in (high/low Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com