The Global Eye aircraft.Saab
Popular Science: Saab's new spy plane has a powerful piece of hardware on top
The aircraft is called GlobalEye.
If you ever see a plane that looks as though someone has stuck a large handle, or a giant push-button on the top, then what you're seeing is an AWACS: a military aircraft that provides countries with an eye in the sky to take a sneak peek from far away at other nations' aircraft, missiles, ships, and vehicles.
Of course drones or satellites can also accomplish those tasks. But satellites especially can be much pricier than a plane, and they are just eyes: they cannot jam enemy radars, for example. Meanwhile, an AWACS—that stands for "airborne warning and control system"—can do that, thanks to the host of electronic warfare equipment it carries.
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WNU Editor: This is a smart concept.
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The other buyer was Canada, but they went for some American made plane
This thing reminds me of some 1930's plane in Russia one occasionally sees in click bait sections of some websites.
For this insight I award myself a Four Galaxies with Oak Leaves and Diamonds award as shown below;
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SAAB has been developing this system for 15+ years.
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