Type 518 radar
Air surveillance radar of the Chinese Navy
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::summary Air surveillance radar of the Chinese Navy ::
The Type 518 radar is a Chinese high-performance L band long-range shipboard air surveillance radar. The Type 518 radar may be installed on destroyers or heavy tonnage naval vessels to detect long-range high-altitude aircraft in adverse natural noise and active electronic jamming environments.
The Type 518 has been installed and deployed on the Luhu-class destroyer and the Type 052D destroyer.
It is manufactured and exported by the Nanjing Changjiang Machinery Group Co Ltd (南京长江机器集团电子装备有限公司).
Specifications
- L - band
- Wide frequency band, pulse-to-pulse frequency jump
- 4 phase code pulse compression technology
- Low sidelobe super cosecant squared antenna
- Counter electronic countermeasure and noise suppression capability
- Adaptive MTI filters for noise map and speed map are provided.
- Interference analysis and selected transmission technology
- Other reported names:
- REL-2 (export, company)
- Hai Ying
References
References
- Bussert, James C. (2011-07-15). "People's Liberation Army Navy". Naval Institute Press.
- Majumdar, Dave. (2014-05-14). "Can China's New Destroyer Find U.S. Stealth Fighters?".
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