North Korea’s New AEW&C ‘Flying Radar’ Indicates Major Fighter Fleet Modernisation Plans

North Korea’s New AEW&C ‘Flying Radar’ Indicates Major Fighter Fleet Modernisation Plans

New satellite footage has confirmed North Korea’s development of an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system based on one of its Il-76 heavy lift aircraft. The program is set to make the country the fourth operator of Il-76-based AEW&C after Russia, India and China, and could serve as an important force multiplier for the Korean People’s Army Air Force. AEW&C systems carry radars several times as large as those used by combat aircraft, …

North Korea Nears Completion of 1st Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

Recent satellite imagery has revealed significant progress in North Korea's development of its first airborne early warning and control (AEW...