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AFAIK only the F-22 was designed to be invisible to AEW&CS but that was supposed to be around 2018 when it reaches Def-com 5.
As for T-50 and J-20 nothing is known.
So could someone plz elaborate if the excessive cost of stealth is justifiable if these planes will not be invisible to AEW&CS systems.
As per my limited knowledge, AEWCS are used to detect target and relay the information to different places[ Let us consider some scenario..
Scenario1: AWACS detected F22 and send the information to F16/18 or Su3o MKI. As a pilot I know that F22 is 100 km north of me, but this information is not enough to kill it, My aircraft radar should be able to track it, I can not lock using AWACS info.
Scenario2: The AWACS send the location info to SAM station: Sam station knows F22 is there somewhere, but still it cannot track it..
Do you understand why excessive cost of F22 is justified???
Does anyone know what that added cone at the tail boom of the T-50-2 is as shown in the show flight in Maks?
Same question came to my mind.. May be to distinguish old and new prototype..