37 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand. 03 374 6000

1/144 A-50 "Mainstay" Russian Airborne Early Warning and Control

1/144 A-50
  • Brand: Zvezda
  • Product Code: ZVE 7024
  • Availability: Out of Stock
  • NZ$78.90

We have currently sold out of this product although we can email you with an ETA of when this product will be in stock again.

Oops -

We will be in touch soon with news on the availability of this product.

The A-50 (NATO code Mainstay) was developed by the G.M. Beriev Taganrog Complex based on the Il-76 military cargo plane, to replace the aging Tu-126 reconnaissance aircraft. Equipped with the giant Shmel radar system, it forms an efficient system for radar warning and guidance. It was accepted for service in 1989. The A-50 can be used to detect and track air and surface targets, in order to report their locations to army command posts with automated control systems for deployment of various air and surface weaponry. They may also be used to guide fighter and strike aircraft to air, land and sea targets, as well as serve as an air command post.