<< A satellite photo of the People's Liberation Army's new large phased array radar in Fujian. (Internet photo)
The People's Liberation Army has developed a new large phased array radar based north of Hui'an in southern China's Fujian province which is capable of jamming Taiwan's long-range radar system also known as the Surveillance Radar Programme, according to military experts Richard Fisher and Sean O'Connor in a recent article for the London-based Jane's Defense Weekly.
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| Taiwan's Surveillance Radar Programme (SRP) |
The Surveillance Radar Programme (SRP), which cost US$1.4 billion, intends to provide Taiwan very early warning of Chinese long-range air and missile activity. SRP is based on the Raytheon AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws large phased array radar, which is capable of detecting enemy target as far as 5,000 kilometers away. It was even able to track a North Korean satellite launched in December last year, which was around 1,800km from Taiwan, according to the experts.
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