NIIP Bars-29 radar

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Main Features

• Aiming and homing of missiles with semiactive, active and infrared homing heads, application of uncontrollable weapons and cannon weapons.
• Simultaneous track-while-scan of up to 15 targets and firing at 4 of them in the whole angular zone in discrete tracking mode, retaining the scan capability.
• Tracking of 2 sea targets and homing one guided missile X-31A at mobile or stationary target
• Tracking preliminary target designation for controlled or uncontrolled weapon firing at ground target.
• While in the mode of attacking one surface target, simultaneous detection of air targets and firing at 1 target in a long-range air fight.
• Fighter flying control during multitarget missiles launching in "air-to-air" mode and during missiles application in "air-to-surface" mode.
• The System is adaptable to any kind of MiG-29 fighter

Specifications

• Detection range
• (effective scattering area - 5m2), km............................100-120
• Lock-on range for automatic tracking, km..............................85
• Working frequencies range...................................................X
• Max beam deviation in surveillance, aiming and weapon
  application modes, allowing for the aerial correction angle in azimuth,
  provided by drive mechanism...............................................±75°
• Electronic scanning by phased array - cone with the
  vertex of angle of................................................................80°
• Correction angle in azimuth by drive..................................±35°
• Bank stabilization..........................................................±120°
• Mean transmitter power, W.............................................1000
• Cooling.................................................................air-to-liquid
• Weight, Kg.....................................................................250

System is based on uniform engineering solutions and maximum unification with RLSU-30MKI(BARS-30MKI) for Su-30MKI aircraft.

Source:
NIIP Promotional materials from Aero India 2005
Photo (c) B. Harry, acig.org (via email)

 

[JCage]

The performance seems quite similar to the Zhuk-ME, in terms of overall detection range.

A question: Pit mentioned that-

"In monopulse phase-azimuth radars, there is no such distinction between "search and tracking range", you get a plot you can track/lock-on the damn plot in the same moment.

AN/APG-63 is per example one of those radars.

Monopulse amplitude-azimuth radars (like Myech, Rubin and those kind of sets) yes, there is a little distinction on search range and tracking range."


Doesnt that apply here? If it does, then why the difference between tracking and detection range?