Y-9 Maritime Aircraft Comparable To P-3C, Official Says

BEIJING – The maritime version of China’s Y-9 transport is technologically comparable with the Lockheed Martin P-3C, says a Chinese government official who also describes the type’s anti-ship role. The sonar, radar, torpedo and magnetic anomaly detector of the aircraft are as good as the...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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