PLA Anti-Air Missile (SAM) systems

BasilicaLew

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When commenting on how F-35 destroyed Iranian S-300PMU-2, Ayi said legacy HQ-9 and S-300 are completely ineffective against stealthy aircraft while the newer HQ-22 only stood a chance under low intensity EW.
Hard to believe as it only comes from 2019, I dont see how they wouldnt have the HQ-22 conducted itself against the J-20. Also the S-300PMU-2 acutally is worse at detecting stealth targets than Iranian domestic systems. F-35I aircraft where tracked and shot at 4 times over the entire iran isreal war, yet everytime the missile was launched it was most probably spoofed by the F-35's EW systems or shot at a decoy.
 

bsdnf

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What's hindering HQ-22 from having better chances? Is it the tradeoff on radar & guidance design?
HQ-22 uses the P-band AESA search radar LCQ-776 against stealth target, which is great, but its missile and target acquisition radar are cheaper than those of the HQ-9A.
 
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