Iran develops electro-optical/radar system
Press TV
Tue, 12 Feb 2008
Iran has developed an electro-optical surveillance system as part of a campaign to stand its ground against Western pressure.
The electro-optical equipment could act as a viable alternative where radar fails to cover a particular range.
Massoud Tabibian, head of the project, added that the system is comprised of night-vision sensors and laser range finders capable of effective operation under extreme weather conditions.
Tabibian described accuracy, high stability in turbulent water, and a resistant frame as other distinguishing characteristics of the system.
Furthermore, the electro-optical component, which has ground-based and naval-based reconnaissance and surveillance applications, is non-detectable by radar during electronic warfare.
The technology for the system has so far been only available to countries such as France and the United States.
As a result of the imposition of sanctions on Iran, experts have been encouraged by the country's defense industry to raise the output of technology in a bid to reach self-sufficiency.
CS/JG/BGH
Believe that one of the ways to detect "stealth" fighters and bombers is by using micro-wave radar.
The US knows this and has been reluctant to develop this technology because they fear it might get stolen and used against the stealth fighters and bombers.
Furthermore, every jet aircraft leaves swirls of air—vortices—in its wake. Doppler RADAR, which can image wind velocities, might pinpoint such disturbances if it could be made sufficiently high-resolution.