The military-themed issue of CCTV material was aired, dealing with issues of modernization multipurpose Chinese fighter J-11B. The basic version of this model was the fighter Su-27.
The material of the Chinese TV channel confirmed the evidence, that the PLA Air Force fighter was "a completely new radar, which allows to significantly increase the range of target detection ".
From the material in said channel:
Unlike typical for our fighters J-11B radar cones (domes) black in front of the new aircraft radars are installed under the white cone (dome). New radars allow the use of long-range missiles.
We are talking about a missile PL-15 "air-air". According to the statements of the Chinese media, range of defeats the purpose of the rocket exceeds 200 km. Such as missiles equipped, eg, new generation Chinese J-20 fighter.
CCTV reported that the source, that at the moment the modernized multi-role fighters J-11B are experimental military operation in the desert. In particular, celebrated, so that the restricted detection range of the new radar.
Chief Editor Aerospace Knowledge Wang Yanan notes, that it is a radar with an active phased array (Afar), which will allow the fighter to track targets "in three elements" – on the ground, the water and, naturally, in the air.
