PLA S-300 air defense system put RoCAF IDF fighter under radar lock-on

Taiwan’s military has confirmed that an upgraded IDF fighter was put under radar lock-on by a Chinese S-300 air defense missile system last year.

ROCAF AIDC F-CK-1A Ching Kuo Aoki-1
By Toshiro Aoki (http://jp-spotters.com/7622LL.html) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The fighter had taken off from Tainan Air Force Base and was flying over Penghu islands when the jet’s radar warning receivers warned the pilot that he had been locked-on. The pilot broke the lock after taking evasive maneuvers.

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