A worker at China Electronics Technology Group Corp sets up a model of
the YLC-8B air-defense radar on Wednesday at the 52nd International
Paris Air Show at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. Provided To China Daily
Advanced equipment can detect stealth aircraft, cruise missiles
China has been marketing a number of advanced air defense radars capable
of detecting stealth combat aircraft, such as the United States' F-22
and F-35, at the ongoing 52nd International Paris Air Show.
China Electronics Technology Group Corp, one of the major defense
contractors of the Chinese military, has models of three large
anti-stealth aircraft radars on display at the show, which will run
until Sunday at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. It was the first time the
State-owned defense giant took part in the show, which is said to be the
largest and most influential of its kind in the world.
The three radar types -
YLC-8B, SLC-7 and SLC-12 - all developed by the
company's Nanjing Research Institute of Electronic Technology in Jiangsu
province, integrate the traditional detection method of mechanical
scanning with two-dimensional active phased-array technology, making
them capable of detecting virtually any aerial target including stealth
fighters, unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and
rockets, according to CETC. The company said the radars can also guide
air defense missiles to their targets.
YLC-8B at Zhuhai 2016
The research institute is the country's largest developer of military
surveillance radars. Its products have been sold to more than 20 nations
in North Africa, Southeast Asia and western Asia, said Ni Guoxin,
deputy director of the institute.
"Exhibits from my institute have the cutting-edge technologies in this
field and represent China's overall capability in electronics," he said.
"Only a handful of nations, such as the United States, France and
Israel, are able to develop such technologies and make advanced radars.
It's fair to say we are a leader in this field."
Wang Hongzhe, a senior designer at the institute, said the three radars
work on different microwave bands, so if they were all deployed together
they would form a massive surveillance network that no stealth aircraft
would be able to sneak through.
"They are fourth-generation air surveillance radars - the latest and
most advanced of their kind. Compared with the third-generation models,
they have stronger capabilities and larger fields of detection and can
detect more types of targets, even some low-orbiting satellites," he
said.
Moreover, all of these radars are mounted on ground vehicles, which
enables them to be deployed in a rapid, flexible manner, Wang said.
YLC-8B at Zhuhai. Integrate the traditional detection method of mechanical scanning with advanced phased array technology, so is capable of detecting aerial targets including stealth aircraft