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Important: How A #Russian Radar Managed To Detect Six F-35 Stealth Fighters From A Distance Of Over 1500 Km
The “Container” OTH radar (Over The Horizon) whose waves bounce around the ionosphere & reflect beyond the horizon with a range of 2000 kmhttps://www.fort-russ.com/2020/01/major-how-a-russian-radar-managed-to-detect-six-f-35-stealth-fighters-from-a-distance-of-over-1500-km/ …
Russia’s next-generation long-range radar technology has been able to detect a group of 6 fifth-generation F-35 multirole fighter jets near the Iranian border. This was achieved by a radar that has a specific mode of operation which uses the ionosphere when scanning airspace.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovsaid that long-range air defense radars detected 6 fifth-generation F-35 multi-purpose fighters near Iranian airspace just hours after a missile attack on US military bases in Iraq
According to military experts, at present, an over-the-horizon extremely long-range radar system is actively used by the Russian military’s air defense units. The official name of the system is “Container” (29B6) (Russian: 29Б6 «Контейнер»).
The state testing of the “Container” radar station was successfully completed last year, when it was immediately put on operational combat duty. Its principle of operation is unique and can be considered a real breakthrough in the field of radar technologies.
The first “Container” radar station was put on duty on December 1, 2018. This station covers airspace to the west & south of the borders of Russian Federation. The next station of the same type will cover the entire Arctic airspace.
The “Container” radar specializes in detecting & tracking jets or cruise missiles. The principle of it is very simple. The radar antennas emit electromagnetic waves at a certain angle, which bounce around the ionosphere & reflect beyond the horizon for thousands of kilometers.pic.twitter.com/dVXqqWgXRA
These waves then return the same way back to the antennas & display their results. When examining the first “Container” complex, which was installed south of Nizhny Novgorod, operators were able to see the complete picture of airspace above virtually all of Western Europe.pic.twitter.com/piBwfyP4Nt
My take 1: We can't verify the #Russian claims, but let's analyze the technical aspects.
Stealth fighter tech is optimized against high frequency radars, particularly X band.
Lower frequency radars such as in VHF & UHF bands, can see the F-35, but can't get a precise location.
My take 2: What that means is that I can see you, but I can't produce a weapons quality track in order to direct missiles at the F-35. I see you, but I can't hit you. The same happens with OTH radars, they detect at a massive range, but can't get a precise target location.
My take 3: OTH radars work at very low frequencies. For an OTH radar, a stealth fighter is just another aircraft, it makes no difference. OTH radar waves bounce from the ionosphere and hit everything below, any aircraft gets picked up at long ranges.pic.twitter.com/GGyIZ8eYZ3
My take 4: The stealth shaping of a F-35 makes no difference to OTH radars. OTH radar waves bounce from ionosphere & hits the F-35 from the top where there is a lot of surface to reflect. Stealth coatings only absorb a small fraction of the radar wave at such low frequencies.pic.twitter.com/p0FKOhnay4
My take 5: Based on the tech, I feel that the #Russian OTH radar probably picked up the F-35s, but can't say for sure.
There is a reason why Russia deploys many such radars. Nothing else can detect at such long range. Modern electronics made them more capable than in the past.pic.twitter.com/m8GSZvjCJn
My take 6: #Russian OTH radars are one more element in the Russian early warning / detection system.
Need to keep in mind that electronic radar signal processing is advancing very fast & low frequency radars are increasingly able to better pinpoint a target location.pic.twitter.com/K74TOg1R88
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