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Korea's 1st AWACS Plane Delivered
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Posted on 08/02/2011 1:03:51 AM PDT by raygun
Korea's first airborne early warning and control system aircraft, the so-called "flying command post," arrived at an air base in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, from Boeing in Seattle on Monday afternoon.
The E-737, nicknamed "Peace Eye," will drastically improve the military's surveillance capabilities over North Korea by flying near the demilitarized zone...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviationpinglist; awac; korea; obama; whocares
More of the aforementioned planes are on the way to Korea...
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posted on
08/02/2011 1:03:56 AM PDT
by
raygun
To: 04-Bravo; 1stFreedom; A_Conservative_Chinese; acehai; Aeronaut; af_vet_rr; AFreeBird; ...
Aviation pinglist (Korean...
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posted on
08/02/2011 1:07:04 AM PDT
by
raygun
(http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
To: raygun
A welcome addition to the ROK Order of Battle.
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posted on
08/02/2011 1:10:02 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Obamanation has replaced Bizarroworld as the most twisted place in the universe.)
To: raygun
Interesting looking plane - not your father's AWACS.
The key piece of equipment of the AWACS plane is its multi-role electronically scanned array surveillance radar. MESA is an up-to-date electronic radar system that has antennas housed in a dorsal structure mounted on top of the fuselage. It is capable of transmitting beams in any direction and to any distance, in contrast to the disc-type radar mounted atop conventional AWACS aircraft that turns mechanically on its shaft once every 12 seconds.
In other news I hear the North Koreans are experimenting with an advanced system of their own: based on the Soviet model they're using centralized planning and distribution to avert mass starvation. No one was available for comment.
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posted on
08/02/2011 1:12:45 AM PDT
by
golux
To: Ronin
Copy that.
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posted on
08/02/2011 1:26:04 AM PDT
by
raygun
(http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
To: golux
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posted on
08/02/2011 1:29:23 AM PDT
by
raygun
(http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
To: golux
Your father’s AWACS isn’t exactly “your father’s AWACS” as you put it. The E-3 AWACS hasn’t been stuck in time for the last 30 years. It’s been continually upgraded, and if you buy the article’s description that this new AWACS can steer its beam in “any direction and to any distance” then you should watch out for people selling bridges.
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posted on
08/02/2011 3:00:02 AM PDT
by
CitizenUSA
(Bad is easy. Anyone can do bad. Good, OTOH, is work. It takes discipline.)
To: CitizenUSA
You are right and I know it. (I also thought the description was amusing.)
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posted on
08/02/2011 3:05:20 AM PDT
by
golux
To: raygun
Taiwan needs a couple of these.
Damn S2Ts are pretty long in the tooth...lol.
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posted on
08/02/2011 4:02:58 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
08/02/2011 4:04:30 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
To: raygun
As a former Rivet Joint linguist, all I can say is ‘God help them’.
AWACS stood for Airborne Without A Clue.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:49:14 AM PDT
by
Azeem
(The world will look up and shout "Save us!"... And I'll whisper "No.")
To: raygun
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posted on
08/02/2011 6:10:09 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: raygun
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posted on
08/02/2011 6:25:06 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are..)
To: raygun
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posted on
08/02/2011 6:34:08 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are..)
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