DOES S400 MAKES F 35 OBSOLETE ? TOP 5 FACTS The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II which is a single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters is UNDERGOING FINAL DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING by the United States. The fighter aircraft will be in service till 2050. The pentagon began the f-35 program in 2001 with an aim to develop a cost effective replacement for the u.s. military’s f-15 fighters, f-16 and f-18 bombers and reconnaissance aircraft, and a-10 close air support warplanes. Apart from United States,the primary customer and financial backer, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway and Denmark are also part of the program. The nine major partner nations, including the U.S., plan to acquire over 3,100 F-35s through 2035, which, if delivered will make the F-35 one of the most numerous jet fighters. The fighter aircraft will be in service till 2050. THE S-400 TRIUMF IS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPON SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY RUSSIA'S ALMAZ CENTRAL DESIGN BUREAU IN THE 1990S AS AN UPGRADE OF THE S-300 FAMILY. IT HAS BEEN IN SERVICE WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES SINCE 2007. IT IS DESIGNED TO DEFEND AGAINST AIRCRAFTS INCLUDING 5TH GENERATION STEALTH FIGHTERS ,BOMBERS, AWACS, CRUISE MISSILES AND BALLISTIC MISSILE. IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST POWER ANTI AIRCRAFT DEFENSE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. IN THIS VIDEO WE WILL ANALYZE THE OUTCOME WHEN F 35 IS PITTED AGAINST S 400 Specs. Options: In a standalone combat environment , F 35 has the following options to defeat S 400. OUT RUN OUT MANEUVER A MISSILE STEALTH TO AVOID DETECTION USE EW SUIT TO JAM S 400 WE WILL ANALYZE EACH OF THESE ONE BY ONE AND RATE THE SURVIVABILITY CHANCES ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5. OUT RUN OR OUT MANEUVER A MISSILE: OUT RUN: IN PAST WE HAVE SEEN THIS TACTIC BEING APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY WHEN IN APRIL 1986, SR-71 BLACKBIRD OUTRAN SA-2 SAM OVER LIBYA. BUT IN CASE OF F 35 , THE TACTICS WILL BE USELESS SINCE IT HAS A TOP SPEED OF ONLY 1.6 MACH AND MISSILES DEPLOYED BY S 400 HAVE HYPERSONIC SPEEDS RANGING FROM 6 MACH TO 14 MACH. FOR EXAMPLE :48H6E3 MISSILE HAS A SPEED OF 14 MACH OUT MANEUVER: F 35 IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE A GREAT DOGFIGHTER AND LACKS AGILITY WHEN COMPARED TO FIGHTERS LIKE F 22 OR SU 35. THE NEED FOR THE SMALL F-35 TO CARRY A HEAVY RANGE OF INTERNAL ENGINES, FUEL AND WEAPONS HAS RESULTED IN WHAT AVIATION EXPERTS LABELS A ‘HIGH WING LOADING’. ESSENTIALLY, THE WINGS ARE SMALL IN RELATION TO ITS WEIGHT AND THIS IMPEDES MANEUVERABILITY. F 35 ALSO HAS A SLUGGISH RATE OF CLIMB WHEN COMPARED TO MODERN FIGHTERS THE F 35 HAS ALSO NOT DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO PULL OFF 9 G TURNS THOUGH DESIGN AND CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS CALL FOR 9 GS. TILL TESTS SHOWED THE PILOT COULD PULL NO MORE THAN 6.5 GS IN HARD DEFENSIVE TURNS. THE MISSILE DEPLOYED BY S 400 ARE NOT ONLY GUIDED BY THE SYSTEM BUT ALSO HAVE HOMING CAPABILITIES,. FOR EXAMPLE, 40N6 HAS ACTIVE RADAR HOMING AND 48N6DM HAS SEMI-ACTIVE RADAR HOMING HEAD. THESE MISSILE ARE VERY AGILE AND F 35 WILL FIND IT VERY HAD TO OUT MANEUVER THESE MISSILES. THE ABILITY TO TWIST, TURN AND ACCELERATE IS A DESPERATE — BUT VITAL — LAST-MOMENT COMPONENT OF COUNTERMEASURES TO MODERN MISSILES AND F 35 FALLS SHORT ON THAT COUNT STEALTH THE F-35’S SIMPLIFIED AIRFRAME IS FAR LESS OF THE ‘SHAPED STEALTH’ FOUND IN THE F-22. THIS IMPLIES A MUCH GREATER RELIANCE ON RADAR-ABSORBING MATERIALS. AGAINST X-BAND RADARS, IT IS ONLY STEALTHY (LO) FROM FRONT AND REAR; AGAINST S-BAND RADAR, IT IS STEALTHY FROM NARROW FRONT ASPECT, AGAINST L-BAND RADAR. LIMITED REDUCTION IS ACHIEVED FROM DIRECT FRONT S 400 HAVE MULTIPLE RADARS WHICH OPERATE IN DIFFERENT BANDS. APART FROM TRADITIONAL RADARS ,S 400 HAS RADARS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DETECTING STEALTHY AIRCRAFT. THE FULL LIST IS RADARS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1.ALMAZ 92N6E GRAVE STONE ENGAGEMENT RADAR 2.REDUNDANT NIIIP 91N6E BIG BIRD ACQUISITION RADAR 3. LEMZ 96L6-1/96L6E ACQUISITION RADAR 4.67N6 GAMMA DE ACQUISITION RADARS IN L BAND; 5. 59N6 PROTIVNIK GE ACQUISITION RADARS IN L BAND; 6.1L119 NEBO SVU IN THE VHF BAND, 7.MULTIBAND NEBO M. THE NEBO SVU & NEBU M HAVE A CLAIMED CAPABILITY AGAINST STEALTH AIRCRAFT EM ALL THREE VARIANTS OF THE F-35 CARRY ACTIVE, ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY (AESA) RADARS WITH SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC ATTACK CAPABILITIES, INCLUDING FALSE TARGETS, NETWORK ATTACK, ADVANCED JAMMING AND ALGORITHM-PACKED DATA STREAMS. THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS THE F-35 TO REACH WELL-DEFENDED TARGETS AND SUPPRESS ENEMY RADARS THAT THREATEN THE F-35. BUT S 400 HAS MANY FEATURES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO OVERCOME COUNTERMEASURES AND STEALTH, SUCH AS A LARGER, MORE POWERFUL RADAR THAT IS MORE RESISTANT TO JAMMING. THE MAIN RADAR IS A PULSE-TO-PULSE AGILE FREQUENCY HOPPER, TO MAXIMIZE COUNTERMEASURES RESISTANCE. THE S-400 ALSO HAS TOPAZ KOLCHUGA M, KRTP-91 TAMARA / TRASH CAN, AND 85V6 ORION / VEGA EMITTER LOCATING SYSTEMS.

• published: 29 Feb 2016
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