To meet the task of protecting the Fatherland, in addition to new purchases, Vietnam has successfully upgraded many other military equipment, including the P18 radar.
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| Information about this upgrade package was reported by Military-retia.cz, the official website of RETIA company (Czech Republic). In 2012, this company signed a contract to modernize 40 P18 radar systems manufactured by Russia/Soviet Union for the Vietnamese Army. |
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| Accordingly, the P-18M radar is a modernized variant developed by this company on the basis of the Soviet/Russian P-18 radar. The P-18M radar is used to detect, search for targets and determine target azimuth. |
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| In addition, the station is also capable of determining the national sovereignty of the target through the interrogator. In addition to the main recoil antenna array similar to the old P-18 station, the Czech radar station is also equipped with 4 additional ECCM anti-jamming antennas, significantly improving its ability to operate in strong electronic warfare environments. |
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| Compared with the old P-18 radar system, the P-18M radar developed by the Czech Republic has many improvements with modern technology, especially digital technology. |
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| Instead of using electronic tubes like in old radar stations, the transmitting and receiving systems of the P-18M radar station are both digital. |
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| The radar can operate at many different frequencies with fast frequency switching time and is extremely flexible. In the photo is the operating compartment of the old generation P-18 radar control crew. |
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| The display control system is very modern with LCD liquid crystal display instead of the old P-18's electron beam circular sight system. |
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| All old control systems were removed and replaced with more modern electronic devices and LCD displays. The P-18M radar has the same detection range and operating frequency range as the old station, but the new station has superior automatic tracking capabilities of up to 200 targets/s and over 1000 targets/antenna rotation. |
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| In addition to the main antenna array similar to the old P-18 station, the Czech radar station is also equipped with 4 additional ECCM anti-jamming antennas, significantly improving its ability to operate in strong electronic warfare environments. |
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| Thus, the introduction of the P-18M digital radar with outstanding features will significantly enhance the ability to monitor the airspace and islands of the Fatherland for the Vietnam Air Defense - Air Force. |
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