Re: Re: Re: Cope India – 2004
Originally posted by Arthur
And not just a Russian IFF system, but an OLD Russian IFF system. Aerospacetech/Overscan will definately know better, but i thought the old SRO-1 systems had the Odd Rods. Newer SRO-2 Khrom-Nikel IFF sets have a small blade antenna.
Well noticed by the way, Ken. Modelling-trained eyesight 😉
Well, ‘oddly enough’ the baseline Su-27 series, even in Russia, has always used the older “Odd Rods” style antenna rather than the newer blade style antenna. The Su-34 and Su-35 have blade antennas.
The Russian IFF systems remain a bit of a mystery, I’m afraid, but I assume that the SU-27 must have had the newer “Parol” IFF system which was used since the late 70s (the ‘Belenko’ effect). Perhaps the physical antenna shape (blade/rods) is not related to the actual IFF equipment inside?
Maybe inside the triangle blade is the 3 “Odd Rods” as of old?
The Chinese IFF system is an derivative of the SRO system but not identical, while Indian MKIs use an Indian system.
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