Air Borne Radars

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Elite-Pilot

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As most of us know, Pilots heavily rely on their radars to detect and lock and shoot down enemies. Different planes use different radars and each one of them have unique abilities. Some are very reliable and some arent. Many countries make their own Radars whether its in a Tranfer of Technology agreement or indigneous development, this information comes in handy. Many people don't realize that radars is the main reason a pilot turns out victorious. There are many options for a modern aircraft on choosing a Radar but nowadays countries go for the most advanced, the most expensive. For the American Fighters there are also many options including building a new radar just for one certain plane.

AN/APG-63 and AN/APG-70, for the F-15 Eagle
AN/APG-65 and AN/APG-73, for the F/A-18 Hornet
AN/APG-66 and AN/APG-68, for the F-16 Falcon
AN/APG-71, for the F-14D Tomcat
AN/APG-77, for the F/A-22 Raptor
AN/APG-79, for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
AN/APG-80, for the F-16E/F Block 60 Fighting Falcon
AN/APG-81, for the Joint Strike Fighter

In addition to that, i have some questions to ask you guys. What is the detection range of AN/APG-65, AN/APG-68 and Grifo S-7?:confused:
 
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major_sam47

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Further to this, are there scaled versions of such fighter radars that could fitted onto man-portable UAVs ? What could be the minimum weight penalty for such a scaled down version, ensuring it would be capable of detecting cruise missiles as far away as possible.

Also, does anybody have data on the radar ranges of the fighter types listed by Elite-Pilot ? Can any of these detect low altitude cruise missiles in a look-down radar mode ? Ranges ?

Is anybody aware of new innovations in scaling down airborne radar for UAV applications ?
 
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Elite-Pilot

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Further to this, are there scaled versions of such fighter radars that could fitted onto man-portable UAVs ? What could be the minimum weight penalty for such a scaled down version, ensuring it would be capable of detecting cruise missiles as far away as possible.
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UAV's are tend to carry the lowest weight as possible. Now if there was a Radar to be chosen for a UAV, it'd be impossible for the UAV to carry modern day fighter jet radars, therefore a new radar would have to be made for the UAV. To scale down a radar means to scale down its detection range which will be just a much as a normal radar on a UAV's radar. A UAV could track a cruise missile aslong it is not made of sophisticated technologies to send the arrays back and making it invisible in a radars screen (recall "babur cruise mssile").

Also, does anybody have data on the radar ranges of the fighter types listed by Elite-Pilot ? Can any of these detect low altitude cruise missiles in a look-down radar mode ? Ranges ?
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Again, if the radar can detect it then it can shoot it down but if it cant....it the opposite

Is anybody aware of new innovations in scaling down airborne radar for UAV applications ?
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Several countries are trying to make this possible including the U.S. and Pakistan but although its not going as they planned, they havent caled it quits, so maybe these projects can be successful someday.
 
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major_sam47

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Hi Elite-Pilot,

Can you point to any existing examples from US or China for currently successful UAV radars ?

Will get back to you as soon as possible.

Cheers,

major_sam47
 
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major_sam47

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How exactly would a stinger would have to intercept a cruise missile in order to successfully destroy it. Raytheon claims in their specifications for Stingers that cruise missiles can be intercepted by a Stinger, but how ? What angle, aspect, and in what response time window, if fired from the ground to air ?

If other MANPADS like the Mistral can move up to Mach 3.5, which should be enough speed for good reaction to an incoming supersonic cruise missile, at what altitude would an appropriate UAV radar have to be situated in order to successfully detect an incoming cruise missile within a 15 km radius, in a look down radar mode ? Does anybody know ? Can MANPAD missiles compete with a cruise missile employing a circuitous, ground hugging route ?

Does a heat seeking Stinger need to be coming in from behind a cruise missile to be successfully guided to the target using its heat signature ? What aspect would increase the probability of success ?

If the cruise missile was stealth, what maximum ranges are available on currently developed visual day and night UAV radars ?

Does someone know the answers to any of these questions ?

Cheers,

major_sam47
 
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