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Subject: Can all AESAs zap enemy missiles, or just certain ones?
Clouded Leopard    1/19/2013 4:59:02 PM
I read that some AESA radars have the ability to focus a pulse of energy on an incoming enemy missile, thus disabling its electronics, but is this only true of a few American AESAs or is it true of all AESAs worldwide?
 
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Belisarius1234    Physics is physics.   1/19/2013 5:57:21 PM
If one nation figured out how, then any other nation suitably equipped and with the knowledge can. There is no Pauli exclusion principle at work here, when it comes to electronic warfare.
 
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45-Shooter       1/21/2013 5:12:22 PM

I read that some AESA radars have the ability to focus a pulse of energy on an incoming enemy missile, thus disabling its electronics, but is this only true of a few American AESAs or is it true of all AESAs worldwide?
I think it is not true of any AESA Radar. While many like to think of new missions and thus reasons to buy new equipment, this is not a really a valid point!
1. A conventional dish type antenna can put more power into a Radar beam than any AESA Radar of the same dimentions.
2. Try putting a cheap, operating transister radio into a microwave oven and turning the power level down to 1%. Then see how long it takes the microwave flux inside to destroy the radio. Know that the typical microwave oven has about 100 times the energy density inside than the Mig-25, APG-63 or AWG-9 at say 2 Km range.
PS. Be sure to lower the cooking power so as not to burn out the Microwave oven.
 
 
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Belisarius1234    He doesn't have a clue.   1/21/2013 5:14:28 PM
Ignore Shooter.
 
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