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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

China converts 737s into military surveillance aircraft first

Chinese Boeing 737 MSAThe Chinese Military Aviation blog last week posted a new photo showing a Boeing 737-300 as a military surveillance aircraft in the Chinese air force fleet.

Two questions: How did the People's Liberation Army Air Force get a 737 surveillance aircraft three years before the US military, which has just started flying prototypes of the 737-based P-8A? And, not least, who is in trouble?

Richard Fisher, senior fellow for Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, answered both questions for me this morning.

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2 comments:

  1. Armando J. Heredia19/5/10 14:11

    The Dewline article you linked to has comments indicating these are *not* MPA aircraft; rather they serve as airborne command posts.

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  2. Unknown19/5/10 14:37

    Almost correct, it's a Missile Tracking Aircraft. There are no signs of any AEW/ASW capabilities.

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