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Taliban attack Pakistani airport and destroy AWACS aircraft

Islamabad, Pakistan - Another raid against a local military air base

Today, Pakistan revealed that a Taliban raid on one of its air bases had damaged one of their four Saab 2000 AWACS aircraft on August 17, 2012. The Saab 2000 AWACS is a surveillance and intelligence aircraft equipped with a Swedish AESA radar (Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar). This is similar to the AESA radar used on the very expensive American JSTARS, but it is built like a long bar,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1144745
Rome, Italy, 08/27/2012 14:17
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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