The only radar upgrade of the J-11B should be switching to AESA on the J-11BG.
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Think so. They brought so many filming equipment lol.
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So they now have the J-16D and J-15D for electronic warfare?
Yeah.
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J-11B uses the Type 1493 radar.
Keep in mind the last two numbers of the designation refer to the diameter and the generation of the radar. Type 1493 is a direct successor to the Type 1492 used by the J-8F, as it is now third generation while the J-8F’s radar is second generation. And both radars have a diameter of 900mm.
J-8F’s radar ingame has the ability to provide datalink to 6 missiles at once, so it is very good in capability. J-11B’s radar should have notably improved range with some sources stating the detection range is up to 150 kilometers for a fighter-sized target.
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The transmitter power of Chinese airborne radars:
| Transmitter Model | Average Power (W) | V | W (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1491 / 1492 | 300 | 46 | 42 |
| 1473 | 300 | 43 | 46 |
| 1493 | 1000 | 40 | 40 dry / 50 Fill oil |
| 1479 | 85 | 20 | 17 |
| Pearl | 1600 | 23 | 22 (cooperation with Russia) |
1493 is using more than three times of average power compared to 1473 on the J-10A and 1492 on the J-8F.
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You got additional secondary or primary sources on the J-11B using the Type 1943 along with the performance stats of it?
Does anyone have any photos of any J-15 variants carrying PL-10s other than this one?
Sino defense forum is also decent for newer insights, most of the PLA watching community online are gathered there.
Type 1474 radar likely does not exist. The way Chinese radar designations work is Type (Research institute + diameter class + generation) so Type 1493 would mean 14th institute (NRIET) and around 900mm of diameter and 3rd generation. We know that 1493 would likely indeed be the radar for the J-11B as it is one generation newer than J-8F’s 1492 radar (which IOC’d in the early 2000s) and that N001 Mech on original Su-27SK and J-11 is in the regime of 1000mm in diameter, and whatever replacement for N001 should be similarly-sized. Statements made by officials also refer to the radar as being 1493 on the J-11B.
Here is an image of the 1493 unit. The entire complex diameter is much larger than any of the 147x series of radar, like that on J-10.
Rough performance specs are as follows. Around 900mm diameter for the antenna, pulse-doppler, 1000 watts of average power consumption over three times the preceding Type 1492, search range for fighter-sized targets ≥150 kilometers, engage 6 targets at once with ARH missiles providing datalink.
Another image of the 1493. Compared to the man on the left it is definitely larger than 700mm.
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Last photo it’s n001ve su30mkk
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J15 may take 12 AAMs？
What does pearl refer to, the F16 radar J8?
I do not know the Chinese standard for Radar designations…
- The J-11B and Su-30MK2 (not only in China) have an N001VEP with a slit (planar) antenna array (based on the H011 antenna array)…
Not so long ago, there was a dispute about the maneuverability of Rafales and all the others…
- The actual dimensions of the Su-30MK2 and J-20, the use of the duck circuit on the J-20 is quite justified…
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Where did that statement relate to J11B, SU30MK2 sure, but what correlation does N001VEP has to do with J11B? And N001VEP is in game and known to still be a twisted cassegrain antenna.
Every statement seem to contradict each other. Su30MK2 and J11B has 0 correlations, N001 VEP is not slit planar antenna array, but twisted cassegrain instead, the H011 I guess is N011 aka Zhuk, which was proposed to Chinese Su30 but never accepted, and that J11B has nothing to do with N001 or N011.
The picture shown below is clearly not J11B as it can’t fire either R73 or 27, the fire control radar is just a made up image.
Visitors to the Zhuhai Airshow will actually have a more accurate understanding of the volume than you. Moreover, the J-11B uses the 1493 radar developed and produced by China itself, what does it have to do with the SU-30MK2? Your claims about the so-called “common radar of the J11B with SU30MK2” are meaningless.
That’s right. The “Pearl” radar refers to the radar of the “Peace Pearl” project cooperated by China and the United States.
The power consumption though, 1600? For an F16A equivalent radar, larger for sure but ANAPG66 really requires more than Mech known for huge power consumption and even compared to N007, a 1.4 m PESA antenna, it is quite large.
As far as I know, this radar should be the “Pearl of Peace” project that China and the United States cooperated, but it is also possible that I was mistaken :(
That’s what I thought, the J8, but the power consumption, crazy.