Recently, it was reported that the J-20 stealth fighter installed by the mainland air force intercepted and drove away foreign military aircraft over the East China Sea.
It can be imagined that the enemy aircraft that can make the J-20, a fifth-generation aircraft, come out of the horse, must not be an ordinary fourth-and-a-half-generation model. Around the mainland, only the F-35 and F-22, two fifth-generation aircraft, are worthy of the J-20.
In other words, the model intercepted by the J-20 must be the F-35 or F-22. Either way, it is enough to prove that the mainland now has a radar system for timely detection and positioning of fifth-generation aircraft. Otherwise, it will not quickly guide the J-20 to the airspace where the target is located and complete the interception of it.
It can be seen that in anti-stealth technology, the development of the mainland is still relatively fast, and few countries can do it in terms of locating the specific location of stealth fighters.
So, what about the existing anti-stealth technology on the mainland?
All in all, the surrounding F-22s and F-35s cannot avoid the tracking and surveillance of mainland anti-stealth radars. As long as they fly together, they will be detected by the anti-stealth radar deployed by the mainland, and then guide the J-20 fighter to intercept and shoot down.
Continental's anti-stealth radar technology
With the improvement of continental radar technology and the development of the world's stealth fighters, especially the US military has successively equipped B-2A, F-22, F-35 three stealth aircraft.
The impact of stealth fighters on existing air defense systems is still relatively large, in order to offset the threat of stealth fighters, it is imperative to develop an efficient anti-stealth radar.
It is in this context that the mainland's anti-stealth radar has also been developed, and up to now, the mainland has developed and equipped a variety of anti-stealth radars.
Such as: JY-26, JY-27A, YLC-8B, YLC-8E, SLC-12, JYL-1A, SLC-7 and so on. Of course, the above-mentioned anti-stealth radars are mobile, can be deployed anywhere, and are characterized by mobile flexibility and wide coverage.
The latest model is the YLC-8E, and the rest are previous models.
The YLC-8E anti-stealth radar works in the UFH band and mainly uses the two anti-stealth technologies of "meter band + high energy".
Mibo is the natural nemesis of stealth aircraft, and existing stealth aircraft are invisible in the face of Mibo radar.
The energy should be to increase the energy of the radar wave, so that it can forcibly destroy the absorbing coating of the stealth fighter, thereby making the stealth ineffective.
The YLC-8E anti-stealth radar adopts a large number of integrated circuit technology and design, which significantly improves the reliability and maintainability of the radar, and reduces the failure rate. In addition, the YLC-8E anti-stealth radar also has strong anti-jamming ability, which can absolutely ensure that the target can be detected in time and accurately in any complex environment. Even the EA-18G's electronic jamming equipment cannot interfere with the YLC-8E.
As for the specific detection performance of the YLC-8E anti-stealth radar, it is still in the stage of secrecy, after all, as a rookie of domestic anti-stealth radar, it is normal to keep its main performance secret.
In addition to the above-mentioned mobile anti-stealth radar, there are also large fixed long-range early warning radars, early warning radars carried by early warning aircraft, and the above two radars also have not weak anti-stealth capabilities.
On the whole, the three types of anti-stealth radars existing on the mainland all have quite strong anti-stealth capabilities, which can be concluded from many examples.
For example, the JY-27 anti-stealth radar sold to Syria was once tracked by an Israeli F-35I stealth fighter, but was eventually blown up by Israel. Israel also saw the threat of the JY-27 anti-stealth radar and blew it up, which also shows the performance of the JY-27 anti-stealth radar.
Also an export version of the JY-27 anti-stealth radar, this time in Venezuela, the JY-27 anti-stealth radar successfully detected the F-22 fighter, which happened in 2018.
You must know that the JY-27 is still an export version, and its performance is naturally not comparable to that of the self-use version. On the basis of the self-used version of the JY-27, the JY-27A was developed, and the effect of detecting stealth fighters must be stronger than that of the JY-27.
However, the JY-27 anti-stealth radar is not the strongest of all anti-stealth radars on the mainland, after all, the radar was exported to Venezuela before 2018, and it will be actually manufactured earlier.
Within a few years, the mainland's anti-stealth radar has sprung up, that is, the above-mentioned anti-stealth radar has appeared one after another.
In addition, in 2022, guided by the KJ-500 AWACS aircraft, the J-20 fighter flew to the F-35 when it was unconscious, thus expelling and intercepting the F-35 fighter.
As can be seen from this news, the digital active phased array radar on the KJ-500 AWACS aircraft also has the ability to accurately detect F-35 fighters.
However, whether the GaN T/R component is integrated on the antenna of the digital active phased array radar equipped with the KJ-500 AWACS has not yet been determined. From the aircraft, the specific position analysis of the F-35 fighter can be accurately detected, which should be the use of gallium nitride T/R components. Otherwise, based on the performance of GaAs active phased array radar alone, it is difficult to accurately measure the position of stealth fighters.
Perhaps the United States also learned that phased array radars equipped with GaN T/R components could effectively detect stealth fighters, so it hurriedly replaced the APG-85 active phased array radar for F-35 fighters to counter J-20 fighters.
There is also the news that J-20 fighters intercepted foreign stealth fighters disclosed in the past two days.
Based on the above news, the performance of the mainland's land-based and air-based anti-stealth radars can be described as very powerful. Since then, it can be said that foreign stealth fighters can no longer evade the search of mainland anti-stealth radars. The stealth fighter that the US military is proud of can no longer pose a threat to the mainland.
After having a radar that can detect stealth aircraft, there is also a fighter that can shoot down stealth aircraft, which is the J-20 fifth-generation fighter.
In terms of air combat capabilities, the J-20 is stronger than the F-35, not only has an active phased array radar with stronger detection capabilities, but also has more flexible maneuverability and agility. Whether it's over-the-horizon air combat or close-range combat, the J-20 has an advantage over the F-35. Even with the F-22, the J-20 can compete with one of them.
Therefore, the anti-stealth radar combined with the J-20 stealth fighter is enough to deter the surrounding F-35 and F-22. With the continuous improvement and upgrading of domestic anti-stealth radars and the complete appearance of J-20 fighters, they can be completely crushed when facing the F-22 and F-35.