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Friday, October 21, 2011

High-tech plane to scan for threats

Boeing 737-700 AEW&C (Wedgetail)The world's most sophisticated surveillance and control plane, the $600 million Wedgetail, flew into Perth yesterday to give the defence force blanket radar coverage for CHOGM.

The Royal Australian Air Force Boeing Wedgetail, one of a fleet of five, can destroy incoming missiles with laser beams and track airborne targets up to 400km away while monitoring ground threats up to 100km away.

The plane's Northrop Grumman MESA radar, which sits on top of the fuselage, can track 3000 targets - in the air and on the ground - simultaneously.

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