Zhuhai Airshow 2016

vincent

Grumpy Old Man
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The optical array would probably work basically the same as compound eye of an insect.
They do not focus on an object but are able to identify very fast moving objects from the surrounding view.
It would work very well on countering incoming missiles and identifying an adversary during dog fights.

So basically a laser renge finder on steroids?
 

SamuraiBlue

Captain
So basically a laser renge finder on steroids?
Not quite since it does not necessarily measure distance.
A compound eye can provide a wide range of view, about half of a sphere when the CMOS sensors are laid out properly. With this ultra wide field of view, tracking moving objects can easily be done by connecting all the sensor into a possessor and mapping out which sensor is detecting the object.It's better than a lidar since it has no moving parts.
 

davidau

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J10B at Zhuhai air show with display of arrays of weapons....
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clser look at the weapons include a2a, a2s.......
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SamuraiBlue

Captain
It could simply be something to replace infrared seeker in future short range missiles, making them harder to be fooled by countermeasures.

Possible but it looks too big to fit into a small diameter short range AAM.
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The blue coating on the lens gives us a hint of it's purpose.
 

Deino

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Hmmm just noticed this report: about a twin-engine Wing Loong 3 ???

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The Wing Loong 3 was not exhibited, with only an AVIC brochure detailing its capabilities. Unlike the Wing Loong 1/2’s rear single propeller engine and V-tail configuration, the Wing Loong 3 had no V-tail and it was outfitted with two rear propeller engines.

According to AVIC, the Wing Loong 3 has a considerable increase in strike mission capability over the Wing Loong 2. Its mission payload is 700kg and it has a 200km LOS range or 3,000km using satellite communications.
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Anyone with more information or even an image ??

Deino
 

zaphd

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I'm guessing they will shift the phases of individual lasers to steer. There was a US army HEL program that sought to do something similar to combine lasers.

Did some research and thats what this is a photo of, not a photonic radar.
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Just to clarify on my previous message, this picture of an alleged chinese phased array light radar is exactly the same picture as in the link above, which is a 2014 official article of a US army high energy laser technology demonstrator. That is, the picture is not a photonic radar, and not even chinese. It is a HEL technology demonstrator from the US.
 

delft

Brigadier
The Chinese did not invent gunpowder; they discovered it. There's a big difference.
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I doubt there is a report on the discovery or invention of gunpowder. But we cannot doubt that some Chinese invented the gun. The oldest European picture of a gun is from 1325 while I once saw a photo in the magazine Technology and Culture of a very similar gun depicted in a temple built in 1198. And you don't find a gun lying about before someone invented it.;)
 

vesicles

Colonel
The Chinese did not invent gunpowder; they discovered it. There's a big difference.

Wait a minute. The Chinese "discovered" gunpowder? You mean there is natural gunpowder existing in the world, which you can simply dig out of the ground and use?? You need to point me to one of those gunpowder mines so that I can get some quick bucks...

Gunpowder is a mixture of ingredients. The Chinese alchemists figured out the optimal composition of various components, which gives the max bang, so to speak. That is an invention.
 
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