ASIAN DEFENCE

Indian New AWACS Aircraft Indian DRDO has just started development of the Rs 6,000 crore Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) that will have the capability to penetrate "longer distances" enemy territory by its radars and electronic warfare equipment without venturing into the region physically, a top defence official said Friday. ‘DRDO’s  V K Saraswat said DRDO just started the programme, after clearance from the Government recently. Asked how it's different from the indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system, he said: "AWACS is a heavier and high endurance system, which can give you in terms of coverage about 360 degrees as against AEW&C which is about 270 degree coverage". "Both have a role. All over the world, people have AEW&C and AWACS in a tandem mode because each one does its role and that's what our country is also doing", Saraswat said. He said two AEW&C aircraft would be ready

J-10B Fighter Jet Takes Off US aircraft were shadowed by Chinese fighters in airspace near the border between China and Japan on Jan. 10, reports the Global Times, a nationalist Chinese tabloid. A US Navy P-3C patrol plane based at Misawa Air Base and a US Air Force C-130 cargo plane based at Yokota Air Base were tailed by Chinese J-7 and J-10 fighters last week. When both American aircraft reached the air border between China and Japan on Jan. 10, Chinese fighters were scrambled to intercept them, according to Tokyo's Sankei Shimbun newspaper. The report said the PLA Air Force's move was an apparent overreaction to movement of aircraft taking off from Japanese bases. On the same day, PLA fighters also appeared near the disputed Diaoyutai islands (Diaoyu in China or Senkaku in Japan). P-3C, EP-3 and OP-3 reconnaissance aircraft attached to Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force were dispatched to collect data on the Chinese aircraft. Two E-2C early warning air

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China   should   develop   larger   aircraft   carriers   armed   with   new-concept   weapons ,  Chinese   naval   expert   Li   Jie   said   while   communicating   about   the   country ’ s   first   successful   fighter   jet  landing   on   its   aircraft   carrier .   China's Future Aircraft Carrier Li   said   that   China   should   develop   larger   aircraft   carriers .  The   larger   an   aircraft   carrier  is   the   more   aircraft   it   can   carry ,  including   fighter   or   attack   aircraft .  The   United   States  has   integrated   fighters   with   attack   aircraft ,  which   can   reduce   the   number   of   aircraft  types   and   is   more   suitable   for   future   wars .  Li   said   that   ski-jump   takeoffs   place   limits   on   the   takeoff   speed   and   payload   of   an  aircraft ,  so   China   should   make   efforts   to   deploy   steam   or   electromagnetic   catapults   on  its   future   aircraft   carriers .