Pakistan made IRST Pods 28 years ago???

[GumNaam]

Anyone have any details on this? This is really big news if true and by the looks of the Jane's news picture, it does seem to be true...

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

IRST is very old. Atleast 20 years old. IRST is only useful for with in the visual range fights . It cant be tracked its very silent as compared to radar But it cant lock targets.

IRST pods are very common in usa russia china pakistan even third class country india. But range is with in visual range.

Making videos like this is not recomended though. It can give clues to an ignorant and primitive enemy and give them some information advantage. Don't recomend videos like these until war time.

When we pakistaniz have anti stealth radars like jy-27C and jy-28B why do we need IRST in permanent form? Pods are enough for that.

 

[GumNaam]

IRST is very old. Atleast 20 years old. IRST is only usual for with in the visual range fights . It cant be tracked very silent. But it cant track targets.

IRST pods are very common in usa russia china pakistan oven india. But range is with in visual range.

Making videos like this is not recomended though. It can give clues to an ignorant and primitive enemy and give them some information advantage. Don't recomend videos like these until war time.

When we pakistaniz have anti stealth radars like yj-27C and YJ-28B why do we need IRST in permanent form? Pods are enough for that.

Dude, Jane's news apparently knew about this 22 years ago...so much for secrets.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

Dude, Jane's news apparently knew about this 22 years ago...so much for secrets.

Sometimes its better to keep silent. Youtube money is ruining it for many!

 

[AMRAAM]

Anyone have any details on this? This is really big news if true and by the looks of the Jane's news picture, it does seem to be true...

Havn't heard it before here on PDF. All senior members were in the favor of having a permanent IRST installed on JFT-III.

 

[GumNaam]

Sometimes its better to keep silent. Youtube money is ruining it for many!

Agreed. But apparently, no one kept silent back in 1998. So...having said that, apparently the issue of the JF17 Thunder & other PAF fighters having IRST is not an issue at all, no?

Havn't heard it before here on PDF. All senior members were in the favor of having a permanent IRST installed on JFT-III.

Yeah, first time I've heard off it as well AND with news clipping from Jane's of all sources, Jane's is about as authentic as you can get on military aviation journalism.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

Agreed. But apparently, no one kept silent back in 1998. So...having said that, apparently the issue of the JF17 Thunder & other PAF fighters having IRST is not an issue at all, no?


Yeah, first time I've heard off it as well AND with news clipping from Jane's of all sources, Jane's is about as authentic as you can get on military aviation journalism.

There will always be things which will he kept from public forums like this. Some people know them but keep silent for a greater good also it would be denied by armed forces right away cuz they are not official. Every country does this. Especially armed forces. Secrecy is good. We don't have a very smart enemy thats a blessing for us. God forbid if we were next to Israel or Russia and them as enemies that would have been so tough.

On topic IRST is not that important since Aesa radars and stationary anti stealth radars of pakistan which are apparently public knowledge now. I hope there are no more mention of some suprises which are left for the battlefield.

 

[LeGenD]

Anyone have any details on this? This is really big news if true and by the looks of the Jane's news picture, it does seem to be true...

Bro,

USAF was using IRST technologies back in the days of the Vietnam War. F-101 Voodoo is arguably the earliest example.

F-35 takes IRST capabilities to next level with its sensor fusion architecture incorporating EOTS and DAS which are not only mated to each other but also to the jet's radar system. This architecture enables weapons-grade IRST target acquisition in realtime - a capability not possible otherwise.

On topic IRST is not that important since Aesa radars and stationary anti stealth radars of pakistan which are apparently public knowledge now. I hope there are no more mention of some suprises which are left for the battlefield.

Anti-stealth radar systems? LMAO.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

Bro,

USAF was using IRST technologies back in the days of the Vietnam War. F-101 Voodoo is arguably the earliest example.

F-35 takes IRST capabilities to next level with its sensor fusion architecture incorporating EOTS and DAS which are not only mated to each other but also to the jet's radar system. This architecture enables weapons-grade IRST target acquisition in realtime - a capability not possible otherwise.


Anti-stealth radar systems? LMAO.

Jy-27 variants and jy-28 variants are already stationed at more than 5 sites along longitude axis of pakistan. Easily visible and notified by american settalite imagery.

This was made public by europeans. Im not saying this for the first time. Go google it jy-27 pakistan. Bloody internet already knows we kept it secret for as long as we could.

 

[LeGenD]

YJ-27 variants and YJ-28 variants are already stationed at more than 5 sites along longitude axis of pakistan. Easily visible and notified by american settalite imagery.

This was made public by europeans.

They are good radar systems but Anti-Stealth is marketing brochure.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

They are good radar systems but Anti-Stealth is marketing brochure.

Aparently janes has done a article in it too in november they give out all the good stuff with in a year not fair... Atleast 2 years of peace time silence should be there.
https://www.janes.com/article/92736/jy-27a-radar-spotted-in-pakistan

 

[War Thunder]

Agreed. But apparently, no one kept silent back in 1998. So...having said that, apparently the issue of the JF17 Thunder & other PAF fighters having IRST is not an issue at all, no?

something coming out in specific circles (Janes is not widely popular among the general population) and then being highlighted on Youtube and forums after all this time are two different things.
These little kids with their greed will go to any length to get those extra views and don't care what they are doing in the process.

 

[Bilal9]

Bro,

USAF was using IRST technologies back in the days of the Vietnam War. F-101 Voodoo is arguably the earliest example.

F-35 takes IRST capabilities to next level with its sensor fusion architecture incorporating EOTS and DAS which are not only mated to each other but also to the jet's radar system. This architecture enables weapons-grade IRST target acquisition in realtime - a capability not possible otherwise.


Anti-stealth radar systems? LMAO.

Here is an F-101 with the IRST glass ball mounted atop the nose. Though I reckon the capabilities of the first gen IRST was a lot more limited in those early days.

 

[Rajput_Pakistani]

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/awcs-irst-pod.312253/

All details regarding IRST pod made by Air Weapons Complex in above link

 

[TheTallGuy]

Bro,

USAF was using IRST technologies back in the days of the Vietnam War. F-101 Voodoo is arguably the earliest example.

F-35 takes IRST capabilities to next level with its sensor fusion architecture incorporating EOTS and DAS which are not only mated to each other but also to the jet's radar system. This architecture enables weapons-grade IRST target acquisition in realtime - a capability not possible otherwise.


Anti-stealth radar systems? LMAO.

Just for information PAF did operate an IRST (the small unit known as 'IR-Sight', forward the windshield) in 1961 to 1972. most of us dont know that..PAF F-104A had IRST sensor which was used to obtained IR Lock well outside the range of AIM9B.

but it doesn`t work always... and PAF also made some in-house modification as well.

Old School PAF boys know about this and verify...