Thanks for the update. A little dense here, but since I am interested in the air war fare. What is the implications of that interchange? That the A50 can see things the Su34 cannot? Or something other?
The A50 is a plane built with powerful radars for the sole purpose of seeing thing and communicating what it sees. Its radars can see 3-400 km further than Su-34 radars. NATO has those types of planes, as well. They not only report on immediate threats, they record observations or radars, missile installations and other data for future planning and action.
AFAIK Su-34 should have a radar seeing 200–250 km in the front. Do not know, how far it should see in the rear. However, it failed to detect the missile 80km away.
Radars don't necessarily look at the entire sky at once. A Patriot interceptor zooming at 4,000 km/h at 20k altitude isn't going to be where the jet's nose is pointing, especially when it's desperately running away.
Excellent reporting! Thank you again.
Thanks for the update. A little dense here, but since I am interested in the air war fare. What is the implications of that interchange? That the A50 can see things the Su34 cannot? Or something other?
The A50 is a plane built with powerful radars for the sole purpose of seeing thing and communicating what it sees. Its radars can see 3-400 km further than Su-34 radars. NATO has those types of planes, as well. They not only report on immediate threats, they record observations or radars, missile installations and other data for future planning and action.
AFAIK Su-34 should have a radar seeing 200–250 km in the front. Do not know, how far it should see in the rear. However, it failed to detect the missile 80km away.
Radars don't necessarily look at the entire sky at once. A Patriot interceptor zooming at 4,000 km/h at 20k altitude isn't going to be where the jet's nose is pointing, especially when it's desperately running away.
Thanks Don on to the next read
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