High-resolution imagery of China’s PL-17 ultra-long-range air-to-air missile confirms a 400km engagement capability designed to target AWACS, tanker aircraft and bombers, a development analysts say could fundamentally change modern air warfare and challenge Western air superiority.
“The AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) is a mobile, long-range radar surveillance and control center for air defense, providing an accurate, real-time picture of the battlespace to military commanders.”
“The AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) is a mobile, long-range radar surveillance and control center for air defense, providing an accurate, real-time picture of the battlespace to military commanders.”
For those that don’t want to look it up.
Suxh as E-3 Sentry, like the one that had its rear half blown off by Iran