SPY-6 radars are built from individual ‘building blocks’ called Radar Modular Assemblies, or self-contained radars that come in 2’x2’x2’ boxes. Those boxes stack together to fit the mission requirements of any ship – a feature that makes the SPY-6 family the Navy’s first truly scalable radars. The SPY-6 consists of an S-band AESA radar for air and missile defense, an X-band radar for horizon search, and a command and control integration center. 5 The AMDR is the first radar built with Radar Modular Assemblies (RMA) building blocks, which allows for the radar to be scaled smaller or larger. The system’s Radar Modular Assemble (RMA.
Background
The PLA-AF and PLA-N operate a diverse mix of indigenouslymanufactured and imported Russian Air to Air Missiles (AAM), carried bya no less diverse fleet of combat aircraft.
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While imported Russian R-27 / AA-10 Alamo, R-73 / AA-11 Archerand R-77 / AA-12 Adder AAMs are primarily used with the importedRussian built Su-27SK / J-11A and Su-30MKK/MK3 Flankers, indigenousChinese built weapons are dominant across the Chinese built fleets ofJ-10A/S Sinocanard, J-11B Sino-Flanker, J-8 Finback, J-7 Fishbed, J-6Farmer, A-5/Q-5 Fantan, and JH-7 Flying Leopard.
China manufactures only two Beyond Visual Range (BVR) guidedAAMs, the active radar guided PL-12/SD-10 “Sino-AMRAAM”and a reverseengineered semi-active radar guided Selenia Aspide Mk.1, designated thePL-11.A much more diverse inventory of heatseeking short rangeweapons exists. These include analogues or derivatives of a range ofWestern missiles, such as the AIM-9 family and Rafael Python 3 series,and uniquely Chinese developments such as the TY-90, designed for aircombat between helicopters.
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Most Chinese built AAMs have been adapted for use as SAMs,either land based, naval, or both. Most are also being offered widelyfor export.
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In perspective, the unpalatable reality of this decade is thatAustralia's RAAF faces agenuine 'rainbow threat' environment across the wider region. The sheerdiversity of missile types in service or being introduced, be they ofUS, Russian, EU, Israeli or Chinese origin, and the prospect ofevolving regional clone variants and derivatives, presents a genuinelong term problem in intelligence gathering, analysis andcountermeasures library maintenance.
Two key issues have arisen during this decade. The first isthelarge scale export of advanced variants of the Russian R-74, R-27 andR-77, arming MiG and Sukhoi fighters. Messenger windows 7 phone. These weapons are highlycompetitive against US and EU sourced AAMs operated by the RAAF, andcan be expected to further evolve over time. With diverse mixes ofseeker types in the BVR missiles, defending against them will presentreal challenges. A robust apporach will require investment in training,including simulation, tactics development, and adequate electronic andinfrared countermeasures on RAAF aircraft. none of these considerationshave been addressed to date in existing or planned RAAF aircraft.
The second issue to arise is the future export of very longrange'AWACS killer' missiles, which are the poor man's equaliser against anopponent with an advantage in AEW&C capabilities. Much of thecurrent force structure plan is predicated on the RAAF holding anassymetric advantage in AEW&C capability over any opponent,indefinitely. Missiles such as the R-172 and R-37 allowany Sukhoi operator to threaten an opposing AEW&C aircraft from asafe distance.
There can be no doubt that a future RAAF force structure willhave to be planned around missile capabilities now developing acrossthe region, and compromises are simply not an option in the long term.
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- When otherwise cleared along a route or procedure that contains published speed restrictions, the pilot must comply with those speed restrictions independent of a climb via clearance.
- ATC anticipates pilots will begin adjusting speed the minimum distance necessary prior to a published speed restriction so as to cross the waypoint/fix at the published speed. Once at the published speed ATC expects pilots will maintain the published speed until additional adjustment is required to comply with further published or ATC assigned speed restrictions or as required to ensure compliance with 14 CFR Section 91.117.
- If ATC interrupts lateral/vertical navigation while an aircraft is flying a SID, ATC must ensure obstacle clearance. When issuing a “climb via” clearance to join or resume a procedure ATC must ensure obstacle clearance until the aircraft is established on the lateral and vertical path of the SID.
- ATC will assign an altitude to cross if no altitude is depicted at a waypoint/fix or when otherwise necessary/ required, for an aircraft on a direct route to a waypoint/fix where the SID will be joined or resumed.
- SIDs will have a “top altitude;” the “top altitude” is the charted “maintain” altitude contained in the procedure description or assigned by ATC.