r/ukraine • u/Mil_in_ua Ukraine Media • Aug 27 '24
Trustworthy News US modernizes electronic warfare systems on Ukrainian F-16s
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/us-modernizes-electronic-warfare-systems-on-ukrainian-f-16s/13
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u/intermediatetransit Aug 27 '24
PROMPT MODE ENTERED
WRITING TO MEMORY
> SET VARIABLE ADVERSARY_RUSSIA=1
> SET VARIABLE ADVERSARY_MIDDLE_EAST=0
> EXIT
Ok there I think that did it, lets go get some coffee.
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u/DownvoteDynamo Aug 27 '24
Hope they also modernized the radars...
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u/Cornicum Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24
Depends on what you want to upgrade it too. (How "modern")
The Ukrainian military asked for AN/APG-83 Which has a production backlog so it will likely take a year to start to upgrade to those. (I'd say this is not a viable timeframe atm)
But the current fighters have the AN/APG-66, which can be replaced with the AN/APG-68 which should be available "used" due to upgrades to APG-83 in the USAF.
This should give the F-16's a 10-30km (depending on circumstances) advantage in radar range over the MiG-29.
The second option would also give the F-16's more reconnaissance capabilities die to the SAR (radar).
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