Originally posted by ohadbx
How many targets could this Zhuk track simultaneously?
I know the N001VE could track 2, and the export version (designated N001?) only 1.
lol, they really need to catch up with the west. american radars can track up to 10-12 targets now, maybe more right?

N001 could track 10 targets, but only engage 1 (2 on later versions) at once.

Zhuk family radars tracks 10-30 targets and engage 2-8 at once, depending on the exact model. Basic Zhuk is roughly on a par with the original APG-65.

Blue Vixen is a pretty decent radar which has had AMRAAM capability for ages. India should buy the Sea Harrier FA2s off Britain in 2006 when the UK retires them.

“Ataka” is a modernised version of the “Shturm”. I expect they got a pile of older “Shurm” cheap to shoot at targets, with the longer range and bigger warhead “Ataka” for real warfare.

Rough translation:

Chinese fighter plane owlet dragon two will stand by waiting for orders end of the month as soon as flies flushes the day chart
2004-04-01 08:47:42

The morning paper news (Reporter Meng the plum intern Yang Sichuan) last September flew “owlet dragon” the fighter plane also to have 3 twin brothers. Yesterday, reporter obtained the accurate news from the related channel, “owlet dragon two” the fighter plane as soon as will fly in the end of this month flushes the day. Although “owlet dragon two” and “owlet dragon” is twin brothers, but airplane internal disposition actually each has his good points, therefore this “owlet dragon two” the heaven next step will operate to the owlet dragon fighter plane the vital role.

Owlet Long Yuan is a quadruplet

The first batch “the owlet dragon” altogether has 4, they completely are “outside does not marry” the testing aircraft, truly will sell “the commodity” to the market machine is two years later matter. This batch “owlet dragon” although the semblance is similar, but each airplane internal disposition each has his good points. “The disposition is different mainly is for test the owlet dragon overall performance. ‘ Owlet dragon two ‘ the trial flying general further consummates the owlet dragon series type the function.” Becomes flies the technology center experiment department person in charge to say.

“Three” special-purpose to experiment

Enters flies the group static, the intensity experiment center, then saw the quilt “ties hands” hangs in the midair “the owlet dragon”, on its body like the scale pastes the full adhesive tape, pulls the full thick rope, is connecting under the organism hydraulic pressure. Several dozens staff methodically are bustling about.

“This owlet dragon airplane specially performs the static experiment, it cannot ascend the sky the movement.” This is “owlet dragon three”, other “owlet dragon four” are a model. Becomes flies the technology center experiment department staff to say that, “The static experiment is front when each airplane test flight one of indispensable working procedures, the owlet dragon series each airplane will ascend the sky all uses this airplane to perform the static experiment, therefore it will have continuously to achieve the retirement to be able to dismount the whole body ‘ the military ‘.”

“Owlet dragon two” stand by waiting for orders

Already entered finally tested the stage “owlet dragon two” already to enter the hangar to await orders. “02” the right nose writes China to name “Fc-1” marking, left side is the overseas naming “Jf-17” and this country air force’s marking. This direct-viewing expressed it “the international background”.

According to becomes flies company vice- chief engineer to lead to face the forest the understanding, the Fc-1 meaning is “Chinese fighter aircraft” (Fighter China No.1); A J meaning “Join”, Italy is the union development, another meaning is it stems from China “to annihilate” the series, but “F- 17” “indicated hoped it can surpass the American fighter aircraft ‘ F-16 ‘”.

Although “owlet dragon two” in the contour also appeared very disorderly, but it slightly downward searches the incisive nose, the line smooth fuselage, still caused the entire airplane to present one kind of aggression.

Originally posted by GarryB
Yes, of course… the Russians can’t design an AESA radar… Have you ever seen the radars they use for their current SAMs?

Of course they can design AESA… they just haven’t got a fighter radar sized one they can put in a plane. The Radars used for the S-300 and S-300V are bigger than the phased array antennas used on AEGIS cruisers…

Well thats exactly what you said, Garry.

I’ve seen the SAM radars, and they are passive phased array. Just like Zaslon.

That is absolutely irrelevant to whether they can design and build an AESA radar. Its totally different technology.

I am sure Phazotron and NIIP could design an AESA, they are just starting from scratch in this field where the US has been working over a decade.

Heres a pic showing a MiG-29 Zhuk-M installation grafted onto the J-10. This shows you how measuring the “outside diameter” of the radome doesn’t give you the diameter of the radar.

The intended production version had different intakes, more similar to this test model below, cranked delta wing, and would generally have been “cleaner” in appearance.

Erm well- the composites used in the MiG-29 failed badly and were replaced by metal.

The Su-27 used practically no composites.

The 2D nozzles for AL-41 were abandoned because the Russians couldn’t make the needed high temperature composite/ceramic, and reverted to a 3D metal nozzle.

Oh, and the Russians recently commented how working with HAL (India) was good because HAL was up to speed on modern composite technology.