I think PAF Mirages will be escorted, be it with other mirages and/or F-7s all of which are based at Masroor. If it is a grand attempt to deliver a knock out blow, then you can expect F-16s and in the near future JF-17s, all of whichn will be illiuminating and detecting the harriers well before the harriers spot them, one the harriers engage the escorts, the way is then paved for the Mirage 3 with exocets to be free to do their job……

Harry
It was British pilots who gave the RN the edge in 1982, not their aircraft

The entire point is whether the PAF has enough aircraft to do all that you note. In any war scenario, the PAF will be hard pressed defending itself and attempting to strike back- the no of airframes & resources available- esp F16’s which are tasked with N deterrence- would be limited at best, esp when it comes to supporting a Naval strike package.

Pakistans best and perhaps only bet are its Agosta’s.

🙂 No it is not. The true IAF is the Iraqi Air Force!!!! But it started as RIAF now QJI.
Indonesia is second, when it comes to independence. Now TNI-AU.
India third. Now BVS.
Israel fourth. Now IDF-AF.
India has the most numerous AF and uses the int. term IAF. But this is not a rule!!! If someone writes InAF, it is no fault really.

The IAF has always had the I in it. And its pretty dumb to see four-five terms referring to the same AF. It’d be easier if someone just said the Indians etc..but this InAF is dumb. What the heck is InAF? It spells weird, sounds weird.

🙂

Like I said its an ELINT system as well. *And* depends on emissions from its targets.

http://www.era.cz/en/pss-vera-e.shtml

PSS VERA-E

The state of the art mobile PSS VERA-E is an ELINT and Passive Surveillance System designed for location, identification and tracking of air, ground and naval (ship) targets.

PSS VERA-E is based on the well proven passive Time Difference Of Arrival (TDOA) multilateration technique using signals of air, ground and naval radar, jammer, SSR transponder, TACAN/DME, interrogator, DataLink and other pulse emitters.

Besides ELINT missions, PSS VERA-E is extremely suitable as a passive surveillance sensor in air defence systems.

The PSS VERA-E uniquely merges ELINT features together with high quality surveillance features (tracking of targets) provided so far only by active radar.
Basic Features

* targets: radar, SSR transponders, TACAN interogators, jammers, DataLink
* system features high ELINT parameters to ensure a very high Probality of Target Detection
* very high location/tracking accuracy
* high capacity – 200 simultaneously tracked targets
* reconnaissance, freq. activity survey, technical analysis
* precise finger printing capability in an independent narrow band ELINT analysis channel
* highly automated operation and modern MMI
* 3D target location and 360° instantaneous field of view – (option) *)
* high mobility
* low operation and maintenance requirements

Operating regimes

* air target reconnaissance
* ground and naval target reconnaissance
* frequency activity survey
* technical analysis

All regimes can run simultaneously

Output information:

* target/track id
* co-ordinates x,y (z for 3D version)
* radar type/operation mode
* radar signal parameters
* SSR (3/A,C,1,2) modes
* mode C barometric altitude
* mode S address and altitude
* mode 4 (IFF) flag *)
* TACAN/DME channel/frequency/mode

Signal analysis and Finger Printing:

* Pulse analyser independent channel
* EPL – Electronic Parameters List
* Intrapulse analysis
* Military Mode 1,2 identification *)

Receiving Station Parameters
Frequency Range 1 – 18 GHz
option: selected bands in ranges
0.1 – 1 GHz *)
18 – 40 GHz *)
Azimuth instantaneous Field of View 120°
option: 360° *)
Range up to 450 km
Dimensions 1.3 m x 0.9 m
Weight 120 kg
Power Consumption 24 V DC/250W

*) These parameters are not included in a standard version. Available only on the special request.

Some display pics in the link. Check them out.

They may not be famous, but how are they not objective?
Does being famous automatically make one objective?

If your local paper writes/publishes something in English relevant to this thread, you are welcome to go ahead and link it here.

I do not think that USA should be forbidding the sale of weaponary to the other states,if these weapons of course cannot be used to make WMD.If China wants to buy radars,it is no one eleses business!I hate politics!

Anyways,there was so much specualtion about these radars.There were even funny stories going around of Serbian army having this radars and having used them to shoot down f-117 which is of course nonsence.

Does anyone know mora data on this radar and are there any pictures?

Per my understanding Vera E is not a radar per se, its more of an ELINT system which passively tracks targets via their radar emissions etc.

The most interesting excerpts have been left out- where the USAF chaps admit they underestimated their opponents.

“mongst the American flyers, there is clearly respect for the Indians.

“They performed very well. I think in most cases they were equal to us, superior in some aspects. So it was a very good learning experience for both sides. It was a very tough scenario on all days, the pilot skill levels were also equal a lot of times. It felt like we were fighting ourselves, when we were fighting the Indian Air Force guys,” said Captain Vogel, US 19 Squadron.”

From an earlier report.

Now per AWST

“”The outcome of the exercise boils down to [the fact that] they ran tactics that were more advanced than we expected,” Snowden says. “India had developed its own air tactics somewhat in a vacuum. They had done some training with the French that we knew about, but we did not expect them to be a very well-trained air force. That was silly.

“They could come up with a game plan, but if it wasn’t working they would call an audible and change [tactics in flight],” he says. “They made good decisions about when to bring their strikers in. The MiG-21s would be embedded with a Flogger for integral protection. There was a data link between the Flankers that was used to pass information. [Using all their assets,] they built a very good [radar] picture of what we were doing and were able to make good decisions about when to roll [their aircraft] in and out.”

And we know the F15’s already had the Link 16

“”When we saw that they were a more professional air force, we realized that within the constraints of the exercise we were going to have a very difficult time,” Snowden says. “In general, it looked like they ran a broad spectrum of tactics and they were adaptive. They would analyze what we were doing and then try something else. They weren’t afraid to bring the strikers in high or low. They would move them around so that we could never anticipate from day to day what we were going to see.”

“These same U.S. participants say the Indian pilots showed innovation and flexibility in their tactics. They also admit that they came into the exercise underrating the training and tactics of the pilots they faced. Instead of typical Cold War-style, ground-controlled interceptions, the Indians varied aircraft mixes, altitudes and formations. Indian air force planners never reinforced failure or repeated tactics that the U.S. easily repelled. Moreover, the IAF’s airborne commanders changed tactics as opportunities arose. Nor did U.S. pilots believe they faced only India’s top guns. Instead, they said that at least in some units they faced a mix of experienced and relatively new Indian fighter and strike pilots. “

In other word do not underestimate your opponent!