title: YLC-2 Radar
text: # 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.
  