I don’t think so, after comercialization abroad of R-27P1/EP1 (export versions), Vympel is not really interested on the ALAMO any more.

The Mirage 2000-9 also carries the Shehab infrared/laser navigation and targeting system (a UAE version of Damocles) and the Nahar navigation pod. Many key components-including the modular data processing unit (MDPU) mission computer-are drawn from the Rafale. The Mirage 2000-9’s integrated multimission electronic warfare system (IMEWS), developed by Thales and Elettronica, is characterized by French engineers as a targeting-capable system, with more precise and faster range measurement capabilities than the Rafale’s Spectra, allowing the aircraft to perform defense-suppression missions.

http://aviationnow.com/shownews/03paris/aircraft2_20.htm

Tmor, accord to Bill Sweetman’s article “Killer Angels” on JED, IMEWS offered better DF accuracy allowing “DEAD Targetting” over Spectra.

Any comments on that?

Comrads!!

We should discuss RAFALE on this thread!!!

We have been talking about “LPI”, why per example we don’t discuss, what should LPI properties should a radar have?…

Let me present some of them accord to most valid radar literature:

* Sidelobes of -55 dB over mainlobe peak gain
* Power management over a dinamic range of 70 dB (or 10.000.000)
* Coherent integration with bandwidth-time products of at least 4 x 10 6.
* Instantaneous bandwidth of over 2 GHz, hopped bandwidth over 6 GHz.
* Frequency agility/stability fully coherent over 1:1012
* Dynamic waveform selection.
* Low peak power, high average power, tracking with SnR of 3 dB.
* Multifrequency search, multibean with at least 6-9 channels.
* Spread Spectrum datalink with adaptive waveform, at least 300:1
* PRF variations of 30 dB (or 1000:1)
* Pulse Width variations of at least 8000:1
* Bandwidth variations at least 20 dB (100:1)
* Datalink Chip width with variations of 100:1
* Integration Time with variations 10:1
* Number of compression codes of 10 5 althrough 10 20 is feasible.

That’s a LPI radar under current trends…

You could see a lot of radars could fullfil some of those properties…per example, power management is not a problem neither to an AESA nor to a traditional PESA/MSA, with TWT, power management was pioneerized with TPS-32 in 1976!…most current radars introduces some form of power management, that even involves RDY-2, or AN/APG-70 per example.

Ultra low sidelobes are also feasible, per example N-011M Bars fulfills that (those sidelobes need the electronic scan FoV to be limited if you don’t want to have big sidelobes, in fact, most feasible FoV for AESA/PESA is +/-60º…Zaslon is weird case with +/-70º in azimuth).

Bandwidth and coherent integration is terrible difficult to implement due to pretty extensive and hard processing needs…

So…how did RBE-2 adheres to this?

Please just fo on!

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In other more interesting subjects.

This appeared on last CAST’s Moscow Defense Brief issue:

Project:
Project 971I Irbis SSN

Name
Nerpa

Cost per unit, million USD
N/A

Notes
Begun in 1986. Might be destined for Indian Navy

Producer
Amur Shipyard

Seems like “Irbis” is some now cool name…remind that the 971 was nicknamed “Bars”

What can our Navy fanboys tell us on Pr 22350 Frigate?:p

Let’s give it in an easy way:

ELS allows you to detect emitters (radars) in the ground with high precission, not only showing you the bearing, but also a very good aproximation to its range. It allows you to plot in a map (or display) the localisation of ground radars, so to allow you to use anti-radar missiles with high effectiveness. It also gives you a lot of details on the different emissions, and it allows you (in theory) to detect those radars that are not pointing towards you (sidelobe detection). It works in a way similar to an ESM, but it uses advanced procession techniques, like radar interferometry in phase and so.

RWR is a more simple device, it mostly only shows you information about radars sweeping you (mainlobe detection) and gives you few details on them.

This is a very very generic aproximation off course.

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