Brumby
Major
Frankly I am not surprised that the JAS-39C/D demonstrated superior SA in BVR and in the joint air defence exercises against the J-11A. There are three factors that I can think of that contributed to this outcome.
Firstly in a sensor shooter equation and who gets the first shot is dependent on two factors i.e. sensor and RCS. The Flanker is a big bird and that comes with it a bigger RCS. The Gripen's radar has a reported range of 80 kms against a 1m2 target but translated to the J-11A would be close to 160 kms. In contrast, the N001V/VE on board the J-11A would probably pick up a fighter size target like the J-39 around 145 kms. In other words, the J-39 would most likely have the first shot advantage.
Secondly, the Swedish is generally ahead of the pack in ECM among European nations. I would say that the J-39 has a superior ECM suite against the J-11A.
Finally, the crown jewel within the J-39 is its TIDLS data link. It allows a 4 ship formation to operate cooperatively to share sensor information in the overall battlespace. It was the front runner of the IFDL link as in the F-22 and the MADL link with the F-35. The link is directional and hence difficult to jam and is known to have good bandwidth and low latency. This allowed it to perform very well in multi formation setup and acquire superior SA because it could share and fuse information.
Firstly in a sensor shooter equation and who gets the first shot is dependent on two factors i.e. sensor and RCS. The Flanker is a big bird and that comes with it a bigger RCS. The Gripen's radar has a reported range of 80 kms against a 1m2 target but translated to the J-11A would be close to 160 kms. In contrast, the N001V/VE on board the J-11A would probably pick up a fighter size target like the J-39 around 145 kms. In other words, the J-39 would most likely have the first shot advantage.
Secondly, the Swedish is generally ahead of the pack in ECM among European nations. I would say that the J-39 has a superior ECM suite against the J-11A.
Finally, the crown jewel within the J-39 is its TIDLS data link. It allows a 4 ship formation to operate cooperatively to share sensor information in the overall battlespace. It was the front runner of the IFDL link as in the F-22 and the MADL link with the F-35. The link is directional and hence difficult to jam and is known to have good bandwidth and low latency. This allowed it to perform very well in multi formation setup and acquire superior SA because it could share and fuse information.
