YLC-2 Radar
# YLC-2 Radar

The YLC-2 radar (domestic designation: LLQ303, formerly known as 385) is a three-dimensional main guidance and surveillance radar developed by the Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology.

In the mid-2000s, an improved version labeled YLC-2A was deployed to the PLA. Equipped with a new Giga-flops digital signal processor, it is capable of Digital Moving Target Indication (DMTI) and Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) processing. An S-band variation called YLC-2U with similar capabilities was also developed for SAM guidance. Both of these advanced YLC-2 radars have been specifically designed to counter stealth fighters such as F-22, with a claimed range of up to 200km even in heavy ECM environment.

## Specifications

* L - band
* Power Output: 5.5 KW
* Peak Power: 85 KW
* Detection range: >500km
* Accuracy: range 200m
* Azimuth: $360^0$
* Height: <500 m(R: <200km); 750 m(R: 300km)
* Resolution range: <100m
* Elevation $0.5^0$ - $+20^0$
* MTI improvement factor: 44dB
* Antenna aperture: 7m x 9m
* Antenna sidelobe level: -35dB
* Other features:
   * Phased array system and pencil beam scan technology
   * Wide band low sidelobe planar array antenna
   * Monopulse angle measurement
   * Frequency diversity
   * Distributed high power solid-state transmitter
   * Advanced programmable digital signal processing

## Operators

* China :Primary User
* Sri Lanka :YLC-18 radar
* Pakistan : YLC-18
* Myanmar :China sold unknown number of YLC-2V radars to Myanmar in 2014.
* Bangladesh: On service of Bangladesh Air Force Air force since 2013.Order was placed in 2011.
