The Ukrainian military has started to actively use the AN/MPQ-64 radar, gifted by the United States.
Video shared on social media confirmed that some Ukrainian military units deployed a recently received AN/MPQ-64 radar system on the battlefield, Defence Blog reports.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces received AN/MPQ-64 radars from the United States as part of a military aid package.
The AN/MPQ-64, better known as Sentinel, is a 3D radar used to alert and cue Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) weapons to the locations of hostile targets approaching their front line forces. It is an X-band range-gated, pulse-Doppler radar system. Mounted on a towed platform, it can be positioned remotely from the rest of the unit, operated autonomously and communicate with the Fire Direction Center (FDC) via a wideband fiber-optic link. It can also distribute its data over a SINCGARS radio network.
Simply put, the AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel is a radar system that alerts front-line air-defense weapons whenever it sees hostile planes, helicopters, drones, or missiles. It’s a three-dimensional radar, meaning it reports the range, bearing, and elevation of the objects it is tracking.
In particular, the Enhanced Sentinel radar uses an X-Band 360-degree phased array air-defense radar with a 46-mile range. It is used to alert and cue short-range air defense (SHORAD) weapons to the locations of hostile targets approaching them. Sentinels are typically deployed with forward-area air defense units.
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