Iran tests passive radar in combat drills

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

Iran's Army has field-tested Iran's newest passive radar-detection system and electronic warfare equipment in the latest military drills aimed at maintaining readiness of a nationwide radar network.


Iran's armed forces deployed the country's most up-to-date passive radar system and hardware for electronic warfare on Saturday, said Colonel Abolfazl Sepehri, the spokesman for the four-day military exercises.

Led by Iranian Army's Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, the armed forces also employed domestically-developed artillery, missile and composite defense systems to counter possible radar disruptions and enemy telecommunications, IRNA reported.

Col. Sepehri told reporters that Iranian forces applied certain strategies to further disrupt the navigational systems of the hypothetical enemies' flying objects.

The latest operations come in the second phase of the drills that started in the eastern part of the country, and are aimed at heightening the level of preparedness against possible threats to the Islamic homeland's airspace.

The performance of integrated radar networks, surface-to-air systems and data collection equipment will be assessed in the next phase of the exercise.

The Thamen al-Hojaj war games began late on November 18 in Iran's eastern regions covering some 800 thousand square kilometers (500 thousand miles).

A large number of combat, intelligence and operational divisions of the country's armed forces in addition to numerous passive defense units participate in the latest military maneuvers.

Iran has repeatedly assured that its military might poses no threat to other countries, saying its defense doctrine is based on deterrence.

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PressTV - Iran tests passive radar in combat drills

 

[gambit]

There is no such thing as a 'passive radar' system.

 

[airuah]

must be bad reporting instead of PESA

 

[Che Guevara]

Who is helping Iran in rapid military expansion, Russia or china?

 

[gambit]

must be bad reporting instead of PESA

Not even about that. I will say again: There is no such thing as a 'passive' radar.

 

[longbrained]

Maybe they are talking about this phased array radar they have recently built and now testing:

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

Yeah long brained that what they mean, i think Iran needs some new translates

Also is AESA better than PESA? what is the difference?

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Not even about that. I will say again: There is no such thing as a 'passive' radar.

They mean the phased radar, look at the pic longbrained posed.

 

[longbrained]

Yeah long brained that what they mean, i think Iran needs some new translates

Also is AESA better than PESA? what is the difference?

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They mean the phased radar, look at the pic longbrained posed.

Difficult to say really. Radar effectiveness does not depend only on the type of technology it uses, there are lots of other factors as well. For example the power of radar, the range, frequency, and even the computing power and software which interprets the radar signals to present it as digestible data for operators. There are simply too many factors to consider. It is perhaps better to compare two radar sets in a specific war situation than compare technologies. You see the Serbian air defense colonel Zoltan Dani had modified and used a very very old radar which actually used to break down often and had to be continuously repaired using very old technology to shoot down F-117 stealth fighter bomber. If he had used an off the market AESA radar he would never have been able to do that. So it depends on lots of things including the ingenuity of operators and officers. Even most modern radar in the hands of coward fools is useless. A modified half broken old radar in the hands of a few brave and smart men is actually lethal.

You can read about AESA here: Active Electronically Steered Arrays - A Maturing Technology

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Good for you Iranians.But now time is for AESA.So try to go for it.

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

I am not sure if Iran even has any AESA. but knowing them they are probably got one somewhere.

 

[gambit]

Difficult to say really. Radar effectiveness does not depend only on the type of technology it uses, there are lots of other factors as well. For example the power of radar, the range, frequency, and even the computing power and software which interprets the radar signals to present it as digestible data for operators. There are simply too many factors to consider. It is perhaps better to compare two radar sets in a specific war situation than compare technologies. You see the Serbian air defense colonel Zoltan Dani had modified and used a very very old radar which actually used to break down often and had to be continuously repaired using very old technology to shoot down F-117 stealth fighter bomber. If he had used an off the market AESA radar he would never have been able to do that. So it depends on lots of things including the ingenuity of operators and officers. Even most modern radar in the hands of coward fools is useless. A modified half broken old radar in the hands of a few brave and smart men is actually lethal.

You can read about AESA here: Active Electronically Steered Arrays - A Maturing Technology

Zoltan Dani? That old tale again...

I guess it is kind of cute that some people need an escape, no matter how feeble, when they cannot face reality.

 

[Arian]

Tale? Because he screwed you it was a tale or you got other reasons for saying that? lol

I guess it is kind of cute that some people need an escape, no matter how feeble, when they cannot face reality.

It explains your first sentence pretty well.

 

[gambit]

Tale? Because he screwed you it was a tale or you got other reasons for saying that? lol


It explains your first sentence pretty well.

NATO/US flew about 38,000 sorties over Yugoslavia, including 30 B-2 sorties from Continental US over to Yugoslavia and return without landing, and yet only one F-16 and one F-117 were lost. If whatever Dani did worked so well...

 

[Harry_Thomason]

I am not sure if Iran even has any AESA. but knowing them they are probably got one somewhere.

Iran already has AESA, they got it from Russia.

Iran recently paraded a Russian built Nebo SVU “counter-stealth” radar system. Depicted is an NNIIRT 1L119 Nebo SVU VHF-band AESA radar demonstrator towed by a Ural 4320 6 x 6 tractor on display in deployed configuration. Pic from Russia:

Picture of Iranian VHF-band 1L119 Nebo SVU AESA acquisition radar on parade:

"Whether the Nebo SVU is used as a SAM battery acquisition radar, or an area search radar, this represents a “step function” leap in capability for Iran, as this is a modern fully digital radar which has most of the technological refinements in its Western peers, substantial resistance to jamming, and electronic beamsteering for high update rate sector scans and multiple target “track-while-scan” capabilities. In many respects the AESA capability of the Nebo SVU qualifies as “Aegis-like”.

Reassessing Iran's Air Defences

 

[Drawn_Sword_of_God]

NATO/US flew about 38,000 sorties over Yugoslavia, including 30 B-2 sorties from Continental US over to Yugoslavia and return without landing, and yet only one F-16 and one F-117 were lost. If whatever Dani did worked so well...

and both these planes were shot down by SAMs that were 40 year old :p