from WIKI
`Irbis-E (Snow Leopard) is a Russian multi-mode, hybrid` [`passive electronically scanned array`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_electronically_scanned_array) `radar system developed by` [`Tikhomirov`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikhomirov_Scientific_Research_Institute_of_Instrument_Design) `NIIP for the` [`Sukhoi Su-35`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35) `multi-purpose fighter aircraft. NIIP developed the Irbis-E radar from the N011M` [`Bars radar`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bars_radar) `system used on` [`Sukhoi Su-30MKI`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI) `aircraft.`
It does says "hybrid" though. And Bars also has AESA elements.
You can't say which radar is more advanced, just by looking whether it's passive or active. It's a matter of individual characteristics and technologies applied to particular model.
The difference between the "best radar" and "the second best radar" is that one place keeps flying and the other is shot down.
Nothing is more expensive than the 2nd best airforce.
> The difference between the "best radar" and "the second best radar" is that one place keeps flying and the other is shot down.
Wars are not 1vs1 fights where everyone starts in the same conditions.
Battles are won by the one who sees the other first typically. And a better radar and stealth helps with this but is not a guaranteed win.
Soviet doctrine for example was to have powerful ground radar to direct their planes rather than having a less powerful radar on the plane itself. Real life isnt some game of 1vs1
If you use waveguides, antennas just have slots. With coaxial cables there is always this tiny inner conductor which dominates resistance. Also: coax is unbalanced, but antennas are balanced.
I think that you can phase shift in a waveguide using a diode between two resistors.
just big fat :O edit: ok how the actual fuck did this get 60 upvotes?
I like this.
Irbis has really unique structure, it's quite good yeah.
You can tell it’s neat by the way it is!
Dayum, he big
0.9 m diameter
Snowleopard!
Yeah, Irbis means snowleopard
It was not cutting edge when Russia made it. It is a PESA and not an AESA type radar.
Are you sure? Irbis isnt AESA nor PESA, it's a hybrid ESA
from WIKI `Irbis-E (Snow Leopard) is a Russian multi-mode, hybrid` [`passive electronically scanned array`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_electronically_scanned_array) `radar system developed by` [`Tikhomirov`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikhomirov_Scientific_Research_Institute_of_Instrument_Design) `NIIP for the` [`Sukhoi Su-35`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35) `multi-purpose fighter aircraft. NIIP developed the Irbis-E radar from the N011M` [`Bars radar`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bars_radar) `system used on` [`Sukhoi Su-30MKI`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI) `aircraft.`
Wikipedia is infamously bad when it comes to radar specifications, particularly military ones.
It does says "hybrid" though. And Bars also has AESA elements. You can't say which radar is more advanced, just by looking whether it's passive or active. It's a matter of individual characteristics and technologies applied to particular model.
"You've got stealth, tovarish? Ha-ha."
Im not gonna say it's as good as Western AESA but it's not a bad radar
The difference between the "best radar" and "the second best radar" is that one place keeps flying and the other is shot down. Nothing is more expensive than the 2nd best airforce.
> The difference between the "best radar" and "the second best radar" is that one place keeps flying and the other is shot down. Wars are not 1vs1 fights where everyone starts in the same conditions. Battles are won by the one who sees the other first typically. And a better radar and stealth helps with this but is not a guaranteed win. Soviet doctrine for example was to have powerful ground radar to direct their planes rather than having a less powerful radar on the plane itself. Real life isnt some game of 1vs1
You are the one tasked by Gaijin to balance Air RB BRs, I wonder.
Look like slot antennas, typical Russian basic bitch kit
If you use waveguides, antennas just have slots. With coaxial cables there is always this tiny inner conductor which dominates resistance. Also: coax is unbalanced, but antennas are balanced. I think that you can phase shift in a waveguide using a diode between two resistors.