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http://www.deagel.com/Sensor-Systems/KLJ-7A_a003556001.aspx
LOTS of talk about 300km BVR ranges
But people dont realise 300km even 200KM BVR range is useless without the accompanying RADAR power
SO KLJ 7A the new AESA radar on Thunder has 170km range with a 5m RCS target plane.
So you may pick SU30MKI and MIG29 at 170km BUT zero chance of picking up Rafale OR Tejas at above 100km as both have rcs of under 1m
One more thing the PL15 has no ramjet technology SO beyond 150km it loses serious speed an kinetic energy
PLAAF adsvertise PL15 as AWACS killer ie SLOW LARGE MOVING TRAGETS.
This is why the Meteore is still the best rated BVR on planet earth ............. WHY = best NEZ and RAM JET
By the same logic what makes you think that you can pick up F16 or thunders all the way upto 150km advertised range of Meteor. Most aircrafts have an RCS of 1.5-3 when not loaded. That also goes for Rafale as well but when loaded it will light up like a XMAS tree. Stealth capabilities of Rfale are very hyped specially considering french didnt even bother to include DSI that also when aircraft has max speed of 1.8 Mach. At the end of day the best range you can achieve a radar lock is around 100KM. SU30 and MIg29s will be the first ones to light up the radars. Mig 21 Mirages 2000 and Rfale will be your only front line assets in a war. In short Meteor might get a lock of AWAS at 150km range but not an fighter jet in our inventory. Then there is a matter of dense EW envoirnment. IF not fully disabled it will certainly reduce detection capability of any aircraft.