Pictures of a new Chinese Maritime Patrol Aircraft have surfaced

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Pictures of a new Chinese Maritime Patrol Aircraft have surfaced
 
Pictures of a new type of PLAN Maritime Patrol Aircraft have surfaced on the internet.
Those pictures show a new quad-turboprop aircraft with high wing configuration, a weapon bay, a radar dome under the nose and MAD boom at its tail.
This new type could either be the Y-8GX-6 or even the new Y-9 ASW/MPA.
     
Pictures of a new type of PLAN Maritime Patrol Aircraft have surfaced on the internet.
Note the weapon bay doors are open. Note the dome under the nose
     
Pictures of a new type of PLAN Maritime Patrol Aircraft have surfaced on the internet.
Note the MAD booms (Magnetic anomaly detector)
     
Pictures of a new type of PLAN Maritime Patrol Aircraft have surfaced on the internet.
The new PLAN Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)
(pictures: Chinese Internet)