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This article examines China’s Y-9LG electronic warfare platform, understood to be a long-range jamming platform, whose operating unit is responsible for the highly strategic South China Sea.

Summary

  1. Y-9LG seen taking part in military drills with Thailand.
  2. Identified in satellite imagery in 2017 but seen only rarely since then.
  3. Likely to be involved in any operation against Taiwan.
  4. Has a ‘balance beam’ radar antenna similar to the KJ-200 AEW&C type.
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