JF-17 Thunder Multirole Fighter [Thread 5]

[farhan_9909]

Looks nothing like a slotted array antenna... The centre bulge seems like housing for TR modules.

Not sure but they do look very similar

Vixen AESa radar

Anyway it could be a training radar aswell

@Oscar can confirm

 

[Bilal.]

Nopes.

Then what, PESA?

:p

 

[Informant]

Then what, PESA?

:p

KLJ

 

[Bilal.]

KLJ

V2? Did the change they front end(antenna)? That antenna is like no other slotted array...

 

[Informant]

V2? Did the change they front end(antenna)? That antenna is like no other slotted array...

Upgrades. Larger range

 

[HRK]

@Windjammer , could this be the first JF-17 Block II, as @farhan_9909 has suggested? I have already suggested that it might be on SDF, while crediting the photo to you...

I may be wrong, but patch at the bottom of IFR probe suggest its blk1 upgraded to blk2 standard ..... also note the presence of 13-149 in PAC

just a wild guess ....

 

[Informant]

V2? Did the change they front end(antenna)? That antenna is like no other slotted array...

Upgrades. Larger range

 

[nomi007]

Looks like an aesa radar to me...

The fire control radar is thought to be a Chinese KLJ-7V2 X-band multi-functional PD radar (track 10 and engage 2 simultaneously, look-up range 75km, look-down range 45km for RCS=3m2). A European high performance radar (e.g. Italian Vixen 1000ES AESA) has been planned in later batches

its kjl-7v2

@Chak Bamu, I am not sure dear, if you look at the airframe it doesn't look factory fresh. The access panels, they seem to have been worked on several times. Just my observance.

bro i think bl-1 & 2 are same by design point of view
major difference will be
improved radar
chinese ws-13 engine
and ifr

 

[Informant]

The fire control radar is thought to be a Chinese KLJ-7V2 X-band multi-functional PD radar (track 10 and engage 2 simultaneously, look-up range 75km, look-down range 45km for RCS=3m2). A European high performance radar (e.g. Italian Vixen 1000ES AESA) has been planned in later batches

its kjl-7v2


bro i think bl-1 & 2 are same by design point of view
major difference will be
improved radar
chinese ws-13 engine
and ifr

75? Double that.

 

[Bilal.]

75? Double that.

Yes recent interviews quote a range of 140-150 km range but for 5 m2 target and roughly 110km for 3 m2...

 

[Kompromat]

This one is Block-1 retrofited for IFR.

 

[Bilal.]

This one is Block-1 retrofited for IFR.

More exciting is the radar picture.

 

[HRK]

The fire control radar is thought to be a Chinese KLJ-7V2 X-band multi-functional PD radar (track 10 and engage 2 simultaneously, look-up range 75km, look-down range 45km for RCS=3m2). A European high performance radar (e.g. Italian Vixen 1000ES AESA) has been planned in later batches

its kjl-7v2


bro i think bl-1 & 2 are same by design point of view
major difference will be
improved radar
chinese ws-13 engine
and ifr

KLJ-7 V2

110 KM for 3m2 RCS
130 KM for 5m2 RCS

 

[Kompromat]

@Bilal.

I'm not sure if its even a radar.

@gambit , little help here pls.

 

[Bilal.]

@Bilal.

I'm not sure if its even a radar.

@gambit , little help here pls.

Look at the CETC and KARF logos on the background. It's mounted on mechanical swivel like radars are.