BEIJING – China’s new indigenous built Naval Radar is so powerful that itcan scan an area equal to India, it has been revealed.
China has developed an advanced compact size maritime radar which canmaintain constant surveillance over an area of the size of India, mediareported on Wednesday.
The domestically-developed radar system will enable the Chinese navy tofully monitor China’s seas and spot incoming threats from enemy ships,aircraft and missiles much earlier than the existing technology, the HongKong-based South China Morning Post reported, quoting the scientist whotook part in China’s Over-the-Horizon (OTH) radar programme.
Liu Yongtan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) andthe Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) from the Harbin Institute ofTechnology, is credited to have upgraded the China’s radar technology anddeveloping an advanced compact size radar for the PLA Navy’s carrier fleetto “maintain constant surveillance over an area the size of India,” thePost reported.
President Xi Jinping conferred the country’s top science award, carrying aprize money of USD 1.116 million, to Liu and another military scientist,Qian Qihu at an event in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesdayfor their contributions.
Qian was felicitated for setting up the theoretical system for China’smodern defence engineering and contributions in creating undergroundnuclear shelter facilities, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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According to Liu, the ship-based OTH radar had greatly increased the rangeof area that the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) could monitor.
“Relying on traditional technologies, our surveillance and monitoring couldonly cover about 20 per cent of our maritime territory. With the newsystem, we can cover the whole area,” he said.
A senior member of Liu’s team told the Post that the new system would be aship-based OTH radar system.
