Varyag aircraft carrier will be fully armed, carrier-based early warning aircrafts are accelerating to deliver
The message of Russia is delivering Ka-31 early warning helicopters to China was finally confirmed. Russian military naval equipment industry responsible for the source, this is not a new agreement, but as China's purchase of the second batch of 956EM "modern" sub-class guided missile destroyers agreement should be implemented before 2005's. Card -31 will be delivered in 2011, all the Chinese Navy.
Why so long to delay the delivery Ka-31 to China? Authoritative sources on the magazine explained as follows: because the situation is the same with the Ka-31, after the signing of the agreement, related to Tactical Data Link, the Russian based on "military secret", do not want to sell to China Ka-3, Ka-31 is equipped with such a tactical data link, and China wanted to get it. Eventually made a compromise by the Chinese to install their own tactical data link. It can be seen that Russia sold to China and the Indian Navy's Ka-31, -28 tactics index card is different.
China will get a new total of nine cards and 9 Ka-31, -28. This is clearly not for the equipment 956EM destroyer, but rather to "Varyag" carrier test preparation, which should be equipped with the number two aircraft carrier fleet. !
Import Ka-31 moves also show that the Chinese navy will be fully armed "Varyag" carrier, although its main purpose is for training, but will be equipped with weapons and radar systems.
Ka-31 will provide early warning of China short-range naval aircraft carrier fleet capacity, E801M early warning radar is telescopic, the detection range of 115 kilometers, can automatically track 20 air targets. Maximum speed of 250 km / h, a combat radius of 150 km and a range of 2.5 hours, range 600 km.
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