The original was taken from a colleague of dambiev in Chinese J-16D electronic warfare aircraft near
The new Chinese electronic warfare aircraft Shenyang J-16D will be demonstrated for the first time at the international Aviation and Space salon Airshow China - 2021, which will open on September 28, 2021 in Zhuhai. A new plane in the color of the PLA Air Force arrived in Zhuhai today.
From the bmpd side, we point out that the J-16D aircraft is a specialized version of the J-16 two - seat fighter-a modified copy of the Russian Su-30MKK fighter produced by the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Shenyang Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. in Shenyang.
The J-16D aircraft should be normally equipped with several suspended electronic warfare containers, and its armament, presumably, will consist of anti-radar missiles, while there is no built-in gun on the aircraft. It was reported that the first prototype of the J-16D made its first flight in Shenyang in December 2015.
Ironically, history has made a kind of circle - in the late 1980s-early 1990s, the Su-30M two-seat aircraft (created on the basis of the Su-30/Su-27PU two-seat air defense fighter) was planned to be adopted by the USSR Air Force as a specialized electronic warfare and suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) to replace the MiG-25BM aircraft.