The radar system incorporates high-power transmitter/receiver modules across an array that spans half a badminton court and has optimized power efficiency. Both of the traits enable the radar to generate substantial energy for identifying stealth targets.
In addition, it uses sophisticated algorithms, which can further enhance the system’s detection and tracking performance, and allow it to operate under an enemy’s electronic jamming interference, he noted.
Wu Peixin, a defense industry observer, said that China has become a leader in the field of anti-stealth radar, and its many radar capabilities are the best in the world.
“The new radar and its meter-wave predecessors work on different bands, so if they were deployed together, they can form a massive surveillance network that no stealth aircraft will be able to sneak through,” he said.