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  "id": "kj-200",
  "name": "KJ-200 (Moth)",
  "aliases": [
    "Moth or Y-8 Balance Beam"
  ],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Airborne early warning and control aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1999,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The KJ-200 (NATO reporting name: Moth or Y-8 Balance Beam system, is an Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program developed by Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation. (KJ is from the first characters of the Pinyin spelling of (Kōng Jǐng), short for (Kōng Zhōng Yù Jǐng), which means Airborne Early Warning).",
  "specs": [
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      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Shaanxi Aircraft Corp., Hanzhong, China 14th Electronic Institute, Nanjing, China (radar, electronics)",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 34.02,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 38,
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      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Wingspan"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 11.6,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Wing area",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "122 sq m",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 35500,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 65000,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Max takeoff weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "4 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150B",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 5560,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kmh",
      "v": 661,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Cruise speed",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "550 km/h",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 6100,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Endurance",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "10 hours",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "KJ-2000 (Mainring) Airborne Early Warnin",
      "text": "KJ-2000 (Mainring) is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft designed and developed by AVIC Xi’an Aircraft Industry Company for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).",
      "src": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "bomber",
  "image": {
    "file": "kj-200.jpg",
    "thumb": "kj-200-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "維基小霸王",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:70th_anniversary_of_PRC_40.jpg",
    "title": "File:70th anniversary of PRC 40.jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/kj-200.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-kj-200": {
      "title": "KJ-200 (Moth) Chinese Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/KJ-200_Moth_Chinese_Airborne_Early_Warning_and_Control_AEW_C_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}