Originally Posted by
WillowRun 6-3
The point isn't that the E-3 turned out to be, uh, vulnerable indeed. The previous discussion as I recall it was focused on lack of stealth characteristics.
Leaving aside the -hmmm, sub- optimum- procedure of merrily parking such an asset open in the sun in a war zone for an extended period of time, one disadvantage of the E3 in current scenarii seems to be that it has problems tracking slow objects with lowish RCS (read: Shahed) due to its PESA Antenna and somewhat raw ground clutter removal logic. E2D with its AESA is reported to be much better at that.