RUSSIAN 30N6E "FLAP LID" RADAR SYSTEM - 2008

Description

The 5N63S (later 30N6E) or NATO code name "Flap Lid B" is an engagement/fire control radar. The 5N63/30N6 equipment is described as being a ’multifunction, four co-ordinating, mono-impulse, impulse Doppler’ tracking and missile guidance radar that forms part of the S-300P (5N63 variant), S-300PM (modified (for track-by-missile configuration) 5N63 variant) and S-300PMU1 (30N6/30N6E (export)/30N6E1 (export) variants) SAM systems. The 30N6 Flap Lid B is primarily an engagement radar designed to track targets and guide missiles to impact using a command link channel. The absence of dedicated directional antennas on this system indicates that the commands are transmitted via a specialised waveform emitted by the main array. The Flap Lid radar uses a transmissive passive shifter technology phased array, with a space feed into the rear plane of the antenna. (Scale : 1/35e)