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Old 05-01-2007, 22:20 PM   #26 (permalink)
tphuang
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Originally Posted by Blademaster View Post
You keep forgetting one thing! JSDAF has superior air radar coverage and control and AEW due to its E3 Sentries. That means the JSDAF can plan accordingly and funnel those PLAAF into kill zones. PLAAF don't have the means yet to counter the E3 Sentries. To use BVR missiles effectively, you need an good AWACs platform and PLAAF does not and JSDAF do.
you obviously have missed the amount of new AEW&C and surveillence platforms that PLAAF has inducted in the past few years. I'm not saying they are as good as E-3, but they are extremely capable platforms.
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