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First of all, if someone believes anything that "The Drive" writes about russian military tech he will also believe what "The Sun" writes about russian politics or "The Economist" about russian finances.
The A-100 will, just like the A-50 or the american E-2 and E-3, use a rotating antenna. It will rotate at 12rpm (A-50: 6rpm).
The russian militay has the habit to test anything relentlessly before it is put into service, because a few years delay are cheaper then to solve all the problems later when a large amount of units have been build (just look at the F-35).
But the most likely reason for the delay is the slow production of the base model (Il-76MD-90A or Il-476).
Until then, there are 7 modernised A-50U and 2 more are on order.
The A-100 will, just like the A-50 or the american E-2 and E-3, use a rotating antenna. It will rotate at 12rpm (A-50: 6rpm).
The russian militay has the habit to test anything relentlessly before it is put into service, because a few years delay are cheaper then to solve all the problems later when a large amount of units have been build (just look at the F-35).
But the most likely reason for the delay is the slow production of the base model (Il-76MD-90A or Il-476).
Until then, there are 7 modernised A-50U and 2 more are on order.
