At the Zhuhai Air Show held recently, the People's Liberation Army's anti-UAV system was exposed for the first time. According to public information, the system was developed by the Second Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and consists of a target detection system, a command and control system and a short-range air defense missile weapon system. It will become a powerful anti-drone tool in our country in the future.
In many people's impression, compared with traditional manned aircraft, drone is small in size, short range and slow in flight. It is logically easy to be shot down, but in fact it is not. For example, in the previous Syrian war , as well as the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia , drones played a huge role, while Russia's S-300 air defense system is considered an advanced air defense system in the world. It is very difficult to face drones. What's going on?
This has to talk about the principle of air defense system. First of all, the air defense system needs to first capture the target by radar , but the target of modern drones is very small. Moreover, the flight altitude is relatively low, which makes it difficult for ordinary air-to-air radar to detect targets. Because most radars target large targets at high altitudes, many drones have low flight altitudes, and the low altitude environment is complex, and various buildings, trees, etc. are prone to generate more clutter and interference, so general air defense systems are more difficult to deal with anti-drones.
But drones have proved their value in many wars and local conflicts. For example, in this Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Iranian drone appeared on the battlefield and gave the Ukrainians a great headache. This kind of drone uses a large number of civilian standard parts and the cost is controlled at around 20,000 US dollars. However, it adopts a flying wing layout and a huge range. The warhead with a warhead of about 50kg carries out suicide attacks. If you don’t intercept, it will cause huge losses once you hit an important target, but if you intercept, this kind of drone is only 20,000 US dollars per, but the price of a "stinger" portable air defense missile is more expensive than this drone. In addition, Ukraine relies entirely on US aid, so this kind of drone has a headache for the Ukrainians.
So professional matters must be left to professional weapons, and drones must be guarded against. The Institute of the Second Academy of the Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation stated that the new generation of photoelectric radar they developed has the ability to work around the air targets all-weather. More than 20 targets can be measured at medium and long distances of 500 meters to 18 kilometers per second, and has unique advantages in detecting large numbers of low-altitude weak targets such as drone cluster attacks. It can achieve early detection, accurate tracking of drone's "low, slow, and small" targets, and clear identification of cluster targets.
Not long ago, the Taiwan military just stated that its self-developed first "Jianxiang" drone attack system was delivered at the end of October. Originally, , Taiwan also had high hopes for this drone. The first "Jianxiang" system is currently deployed in a high position in the northern seaside, and used as a task to attack large amphibious command ships on the enemy's sea surface in the "anti-login" stage. To put it bluntly, it is the 071 dock landing ship or the 075 amphibious assault ship targeting the People's Liberation Army. Unlike other suicide drones, the "Jianxiang" drone is similar to the anti-radiation missile , which is mainly used to paralyze the target's radar system.
It is worth mentioning that in an exhibition, relevant design units in Taiwan claimed that this drone has the ability to fly over Taiwan Strait to commit suicide attacks. The implication is that this type of drone can pose a threat to targets in the Southeast Asian Sea. As a result, at the Zhuhai Air Show, we came up with a mature anti-drone system.
It is worth mentioning that this type of system is also more suitable as a ship-based weapon in the future. The 071E dock landing ship sold to Thailand by my country before was equipped with two 730 near-defense systems, and is equipped with Haihongqi-10 short-range air defense missiles, which have strong short-range air defense capabilities. However, the Chinese Navy's Type 071 landing ship does not have a near-defense system, because the People's Liberation Army currently has enough destroyers and frigate . It is easy to counter the Taiwan military's drones in the future. Either they install close-defense guns, short-range air defense missiles, etc. for the landing ship , or they enhance the ability of anti-drone for the escort ship. As long as this system is available, the Taiwan military's drones will not cause any big storms.
