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[indian_foxhound]

Before the J-20, China's first stealth fighter, enters service with the PLA Air Force, Vietnam will purchase the Vostok E 2-Dimensional Metric Band Surveillance Radar from Belarus with the ability to detect and attack stealth aircraft, reports the Military Analysis based in Moscow.

Developed by KB Radar based in Belarus, the Vostok E VHF band radar is a replacement to the P-18 radar system during the Soviet era. KB Radar claims the Vostok E radar is able to detect stealth fighters such as the US F-117A Nighthawk from 74 kilometers nautical miles away in a jammed environment. In an unjammed environment, the distance can be increased to 350 kilometers.

With a unique wideband "Kharchenko" square ring element radiator arranged in a diamond lattice pattern, the Vostok E radar is designed to improve its frequency agility against earlier generation stealth fighters. Even when facing more advanced stealth aircraft like the F-22, the Vostok E can detect targets from 57 kilometers away and shoot them down with the S-300 surface-to-air missile. It is a new design to challenge the aerial domination of American stealth aircraft.

However, Vietnam will probably become the first nation to use the radar system in an asymmetric warfare strategy against stealth fighters from China including the J-20 and J-31 over the disputed South China Sea. Military Analysis said Belarus has agreed to sell about 20 Vostok E radar systems to Vietnam, as well as send advisers to train Vietnamese operators to use the hardware.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130717000133&cid=1101

 

[NewCastle2012]

Does this radar system come with missile? If not, how could it attack a stealth plane?

 

[GR!FF!N]

China's Stealth fighter's deployment is still few years away..but Vietnam is already being prepared to counter that???thats too FAST....

by the way,a good link on this radar...

Russian / PLA Low Band Surveillance Radar Systems (Counter Low Observable Technology Radars)

 

[Skull and Bones]

Does this radar system come with missile? If not, how could it attack a stealth plane?

Read the article again, it's mentioned that the radar can be coupled with S-300 long range SAM systems.

 

[Okemos]

Cool, lets trash Vietnam economy with arms race.

More seriously, maybe I am a pacifist, but why do smaller countries spend so much money on military spending? I mean isn't better to use that amount of money in education etc than on weapons that are being updated constantly. In today's world, I doubt any full-fledged war will ever be fought.

 

[walle990]

57 km is too short, 5th gen fighters can engage those anti-air installation from much further away.

 

[jhungary]

Before the J-20, China's first stealth fighter, enters service with the PLA Air Force, Vietnam will purchase the Vostok E 2-Dimensional Metric Band Surveillance Radar from Belarus with the ability to detect and attack stealth aircraft, reports the Military Analysis based in Moscow.

Developed by KB Radar based in Belarus, the Vostok E VHF band radar is a replacement to the P-18 radar system during the Soviet era. KB Radar claims the Vostok E radar is able to detect stealth fighters such as the US F-117A Nighthawk from 74 kilometers nautical miles away in a jammed environment. In an unjammed environment, the distance can be increased to 350 kilometers.

With a unique wideband "Kharchenko" square ring element radiator arranged in a diamond lattice pattern, the Vostok E radar is designed to improve its frequency agility against earlier generation stealth fighters. Even when facing more advanced stealth aircraft like the F-22, the Vostok E can detect targets from 57 kilometers away and shoot them down with the S-300 surface-to-air missile. It is a new design to challenge the aerial domination of American stealth aircraft.

However, Vietnam will probably become the first nation to use the radar system in an asymmetric warfare strategy against stealth fighters from China including the J-20 and J-31 over the disputed South China Sea. Military Analysis said Belarus has agreed to sell about 20 Vostok E radar systems to Vietnam, as well as send advisers to train Vietnamese operators to use the hardware.

Vietnam prepares countermeasures against China's stealth fighters

quite badly written article, what is 74 kilometres nautical miles away. It could either be 74 Kilometers or 74 Nautical Miles......

Hence I really doubt the authenticity of this article.

 

[cnleio]

YJ-91 HARM (base KH-31P) fire range over 150km

 

[Rechoice]

 

[Soryu]

Well, it maybe RIGHT or WRONG coz no any official confirmed just a rumor ^_^. Anyway if we refer by equipment time the China hot-launch VLS system served in Navy really earlier than Russia. Russian still developing their own hot-launch VLS right now.

Chinese didn't stop, 2013 we saw the pix of new 052D class DDG, Chinese had developed a new universal hot-launch VLS system, that new VLS could launch anti-aircraft missile and anti-ship missile together, all China missiles in one VLS unite.

If that's true, it's good advance for PRC, when Russian got UKSK (I mistake in early post with USUK ).
Is it can operate with land attack missile as Mk. 41 !?

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DHC-6's crew member.

 

[Rechoice]

Read the article again, it's mentioned that the radar can be coupled with S-300 long range SAM systems.

 

[Soryu]

Cool, lets trash Vietnam economy with arms race.

More seriously, maybe I am a pacifist, but why do smaller countries spend so much money on military spending? I mean isn't better to use that amount of money in education etc than on weapons that are being updated constantly. In today's world, I doubt any full-fledged war will ever be fought.

Should I remind you about Lybia or Iraq !? And look at Syria to know why did NATO not come to gang-up.

 

[visom]

Cool, lets trash Vietnam economy with arms race.

More seriously, maybe I am a pacifist, but why do smaller countries spend so much money on military spending? I mean isn't better to use that amount of money in education etc than on weapons that are being updated constantly. In today's world, I doubt any full-fledged war will ever be fought.

I fully agree with you when it comes to investing money into education since its never obsolete and grows in value daily, but when a smaller country is being threatened, they have to spend some money on military equipments even if they know they can't win a full war. The point is to make war too expensive for larger countries to maintain or declare so they can hold their independence. I still think Vietnam can afford this since our economy is still growing quickly despite the spendings.

 

[BDforever]

Bangladesh and Belarus are now defence partners... hope BD will go for that Bangladesh is going to buy HQ-9 which is based on S-300, so the radar can be used for HQ-9

 

[BDforever]

quite badly written article, what is 74 kilometres nautical miles away. It could either be 74 Kilometers or 74 Nautical Miles......

Hence I really doubt the authenticity of this article.

74 kilometers (40 nauticalmiles)