China’s next-generation KJ-3000 radar planes may have quietly entered production

Satellite imagery hints at KJ-3000 production, which could boost target detection and tracking in the western Pacific

Satellite imagery captured on October 5 by US geospatial intelligence company Vantor showed four KJ-3000s at the Xian-Yanliang aviation complex in the country’s northwestern Shaanxi province, US defence media outlet TWZ reported last week.