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It is more advanced than I thought. Is it able to perform ESM and ECM. I wasn't expecting this.


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I have a sneaking suspicion this radar is fully digital. Am I wrong to have such a believe? Look from 1:25 onwards.

I find the antenna array quite thin for a typical AESA radar which are normally thicker. Has this to do with possibily omitting the analogue phase shifters?
 

sequ

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Turkiye suspends CFE treaty, meaning:

- Turkey will no longer share with anyone how many of the 5 conventional weapons (MBT, APC/IFV,ARTY, AT-Helicopter, combat aircraft) it produces in the conventional weapons category.
- It will not take seriously the arms production limit set by the agreement.
- It will produce as many weapons as it wants and will not share the number with anyone.

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Stealthflanker

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I have a sneaking suspicion this radar is fully digital. Am I wrong to have such a believe? Look from 1:25 onwards.

I find the antenna array quite thin for a typical AESA radar which are normally thicker. Has this to do with possibily omitting the analogue phase shifters?

Looks to me like it use "Tile" TRM architecture instead of "Bricks" or "sticks" The tile architecture set the TRM components into "layers" and then pack it into some form of "box". Each box may contain multiple TRM's.

This is example of "brick"/sticks AESA TRM architecture, thus why the radar might appear thick, as the TRM is long.
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While Tile architecture is this

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sequ

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The first signs of kizilelma-B (supersonic variant) in the making.


This one seems larger and taller than the -A variant and has revised intakes which droop a bit down:

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What looks like a 2 LPC turbofan with afterburner on the screen which corresponds with the AI-322F:

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