A few weeks ago, as a member of the NATO force implementing the UN arms embargo resolution, French warships were suddenly locked three times by fire control radars of foreign ships in the Mediterranean waters near Libya. These “uninvited guests” all came from Turkey. British Reuters said that the French ship was inspecting a Turkish cargo ship heading for Libya, but was intercepted by an escort Turkish ship. Radar lock-in has always been regarded as a hostile act, and France and Turkey are both NATO. A French officer exclaimed: "This very aggressive action between NATO allies is really a vicious event."
Understand proper nouns
In recent years, "radar lock" has occurred in the high seas and airspace of multinational warship aircraft, leading to crisis situations. Before explaining this keyword, it is necessary to understand the function of shipborne or airborne radar. Restricted by the platform, fighters of "Earth, Earth and Gold" can often only carry one multi-function radar, taking into account multiple tasks such as search, tracking, and fire control exposure. The ship is relatively large and can be equipped with multiple radars to realize the division of functions. The so-called "radar lock" means that the fire control radar continuously tracks the target. For ships, the fire control radar is divided into the gun-sight radar that controls the ship's gun and the guidance radar that guides the missile. Fire control radar must have high detection accuracy, and can not use longer wavelengths, most of them choose centimeter waves, especially X-band (wavelength 3.75-2.5 cm), C-band (wavelength 7.5-3.75 cm), ku band ( (Wavelength 2.5-1.7 cm), Ka band (wavelength 1.1-0.75 cm), the working system has a single pulse and continuous wave system, of which the single pulse system is the radar transmitter emits a pulse signal, continuous wave system refers to the radar transmitter Continuous wave signal.
When naval vessels are navigating, they usually use a search radar to patrol the surroundings. They use a long wave and have a long range of action. Once an anomaly is found, the target information is transmitted to the command system, which controls the fire control radar to point in the direction of the target. Fire control radar is also controlled by the command system. After activation, it quickly tracks and gives accurate parameters such as the target's real-time distance and motion parameters. At the same time, the fire control computer calculates the shooting elements accordingly. In this state, the shipboard weapon can be powered on, input the parameters of the incoming elements, and can shoot at any time. In contrast, because there is only one radar, the wide beam is used to increase the detection distance when searching. If you want to lock the target, you must use a high-precision narrow beam to track. It can be seen that if one ship is locked by the other radar, it means that it is in a dangerous situation. Whoever uses the radar to lock the other party first will take the initiative.
How to know that it is "locked"
Since radar locking is extremely threatening, modern ships have radar warning systems. The shipborne warning system is mainly an electronic support system (ESM) installed on both sides, intercepting the electromagnetic waves emitted by the opposing fire control radar, and then warning the command system. The airborne warning system is mainly an omnidirectional warning receiver, which can quickly intercept the other party's radar electromagnetic waves and warn the pilot with voice and lights. In the movie, there are often fighter cockpit sounds "dididi" warning sound and strobe red lights, this is to remind pilots to maneuver to unlock or use their own electronic warfare system to resist. It is worth mentioning that to make the warning system more effective, it is necessary to grasp the accurate working wavelength of the other party's fire control radar, in order to intercept faster and more accurate warning, so the powerful countries have electronic reconnaissance aircraft, electronic reconnaissance ships, and actively collect all kinds of electromagnetic Signal, establish a database, and improve the alarm system accordingly.
The French army complained that the radar lock of the earthship was really a "malignant incident"? Strictly speaking, it is somewhat exaggerated. First of all, the French military electronic technology is unique in Europe. Not only is the carrier-based radar warning technology advanced, but the electronic countermeasure technology is even more powerful. There is no problem in dealing with low-intensity conflicts. Secondly, Turkey’s technological strength lags far behind France, and has recently intervened in the Libyan civil war. It is an enemy of the eastern forces that France secretly supports. France calls it “serious”, mainly because it did not expect Turkey’s determination to intervene. Soil relations. But on the other hand, the warships placed by the Turkish army off the coast of Libya are all second-hand ships eliminated by the United States and France. The French have known it for a long time.
Will not disappear, it will only increase
The French-Turkish warship radar lock incident shows that even in the face of national interests, even allies will have friction and even conflicts. In addition to the French-Turkish struggle, Greece and Turkey, both members of NATO, have also recently fallen into a military confrontation. Stimulated by issues such as the reunification of Cyprus, maritime delimitation and the development of oil and gas resources in the Mediterranean, the armed forces of the two sides have been fighting along the land-sea boundary line since June.
Returning to the Libyan civil war itself, Turkey supported the shaky Tripoli National Unity Government from the end of last year against the Benghazi National Army supported by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Russia and even France. Since the beginning of this year, the Western Militia Lien Chan of the National Unity Government under the direct command of the Turkish military advisors has hit the national army hard and recovered many sites. As a result, Turkey's weight in the Libya issue has increased dramatically, leaving France with mixed tastes. After all, in 2011, France was the first to raise the banner of armed interference in Libya and led Western countries to help the opposition to overthrow the Gaddafi regime, but now it has gradually reduced to the "edge role" of the situation in Libya, which is really funny. In fact, France, coveted of Libya’s oil resources, never wanted Turkey to grow stronger there, so the French ship tried to intercept and inspect the Turkish freighter, warning Turkey not to go too far, not thinking about the Turkish army’s strong response, which made France more powerful. Embarrassed. Considering that NATO and the EU have moved to Turkey on a series of issues in recent years, the French may not have a substantial impact on Turkey except for shouting.
From a global perspective, with the intensification of the international situation, the ocean will become more and more calm, and similar "radar lock" incidents will also increase. Shi Hong