It has now come to light that Israeli F 35s have destroyed Chinese-made JY-27 radar.
ImageSat, Israeli satellite imagery analysis company stated that JY-27 radar of the Syrian
Air Defense at Damascus airport was taken down on January 20th by air raids.
Though it is not confirmed by Israel Air Force, some sources have claimed that the raid was
conducted by American made Israeli F 35I Adir fighter jet
The interesting part is that China has claimed JY-27 radar has the capability to detect stealth
aircraft.
In this video Defense Updates, analyses HOW ISRAEL F35I HAVE DESTROYED CHINESE RADARS
TOUTED TO BE ABLE TO DETECT STEALTHY AIRCRAFT?
Let gets started.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a single-seat, single-engine, all-weather multirole
fighters.
The Pentagon began the F 35 program in 2001 with an aim to develop a cost-effective replacement
for U.S military’s F 15 fighters, F 16 and F 18 bombers and reconnaissance aircraft,
and A10 close air support warplanes.
Apart from the United States, the primary customer, and financial backer, several other
nations are also part of the program.
Israel has already got deliveries of several F 35s and has plans to acquire around 75 of
these.
F 35 is developed to be stealthy.
Its external structure is designed to deflect radar signal away from the emitting radars.
Also, it has a coating of RAM (Radar Absorbing Material) that reduces the number of signals
getting reflected.
Notably, the Israel F 35 named F 35I Adir is unique due to the fact that it is variant
customized for Israeli Air Force.
The JY-27 radar is designed by Chinese manufacturer CETC.
It is a long-range early warning system.
As per China, it is designed and developed to detect & track low-observable i.e stealthy
aircraft.
Chinese sources had indicated that American stealth fighter jets like F 22 Raptor & F
35 Lightning II will not be able to evade this radar.
But in this situation, we can see that the radar couldn’t do much when confronted with
F 35.
Though F 35 is a stealthy fighter, it is not the best.
That crown goes to American F 22.
But notably, F 35’s airframe is not as stealthy as found in the F 22 Raptor
• Against x-band radars, it is only stealthy from front and rear
• Against S-band radar, it is stealthy from the narrow front aspect
• Against L-band radar, the limited reduction is achieved from direct front
It has a much greater reliance on radar-absorbing materials to maintain its stealth profile
So, if Chinese radars have no answer to F 35s, they will certainly have no chance against
the F22.
When China says it has radars that can detect stealthy aircraft, the statement has limited
significance since it doesn’t have a proper stealth aircraft of its own.
The Chinese Chengdu J-20 is claimed to be a stealth fighter.
It a single-seat, twin-jet, all-weather, fifth-generation fighter aircraft developed by China’s Chengdu
Aerospace Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
The latest Chinese jet has been in development since 2002 and entered into service in 2017.
As many military analysts point out, the J 20 is basically a copy of F 35.
China obtained more than 50 terabytes of data from U.S. defense and government networks
this includes F35s stealth, radar, and engine secrets, through cyber espionage.
The NSA estimated that the Chinese had conducted more than 30,000 cyber attacks, of which more
than 500 attacks were significant intrusions in the Department of Defense (DOD) systems.
The Chinese acquired data on all key elements of its stealth design like the methods used
by the turbine to cool gases emitted by F 35’s engine.
But even with that China has not made major progress.
Indian pilots on Russian-made Su-30MKIs from Indian airspace managed to detect and track
the new Chinese jets when they were conducting flight training over Tibet.
The disclosure didn’t come from any independent analysts but from an official source.
Indian Air Force commander Arup Shaha said, "The Sukhoi's radar can see them.
The new Chinese jets are not so invisible after all.
No special technology is required to detect the J-20, as it can be detected by ordinary
radar stations.”
The Sukhoi Su-30MKIis a twin-jet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russia's
Sukhoi and built under license by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the
Indian Air Force (IAF).
Viewers must not that it is not enough to detect an aircraft, to target it a continuous
tracking needs to be done.
JY-27 radar could possibly detect F 35 or F 22 in some circumstances, but to be able
to actually guide a missile to target, it is a different ball game altogether.
The Israel F 35 raid demonstrates the edge America has in terms of stealth technology
as well as clearly demonstrates the high skill level of Israeli pilots.