Name: Shocking! Venezuela’s Pricy Chinese JY-27 Radar Fails in U.S. Maduro Capture, Turns to Scrap Metal
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forces captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in his fortress, what shocked the world was that Venezuela's heavily funded Chinese made anti stealth radar system along with their Russian made air defense system failed to respond during the operation.

The Chinese made early warning system once again proved useless, playing a crucial role in the success of the US operation.

Today we'll analyze how this highly valued radar system from China turned into a blind spot in actual combat.

According to media reports, at around 2am on January 3, Caracas entered a nightmare of explosions and power outages without any air defense warnings.

Multiple targets, including the La Carlotta Air Force base in the city center and Maduro's last stronghold were hit by a series of seven waves of bombings in a short period.

From the first explosion to the completion of the operation, it took only about two and a half hours, with the bombing itself lasting only around half an hour.

The defense facilities in the strategically important eastern location of Hugorote also seem to have been precisely wiped out.

Witnesses said that the Venezuelan defense missiles showed no signs of launching before the missile hit, indicating that the defense system had failed at the first moment.

Venezuela has recently showcased its heavily funded air and ground defense systems including The Chinese made JY27 radar as the core of its air defense Network and the VN16 and VN18amphibious armored vehicles.

In its Marine Corps, this system was promoted as South America's most modern defense system.

Boasting over the horizon anti stealth detection capabilities.

It has been advertised as a major challenge to US F22 and F35 aircraft.

Venezuela's Russian made long range surface to air missile system was also touted as the strongest air defense shield in South America.

However, without radar guidance it was rendered useless during the bombing.

The JY27 radar is an advanced piece of equipment highly valued by China and is a crucial part of its anti stealth radar system.

Public information about the radar is limited with exports only to Syria and Venezuela.

According to Chinese military bloggers, the JY27 is a newly designed three coordinate air surveillance radar operating in the medium wave band.

Employing a cutting edge two dimensional digital phased array system.

It features both frequency band and ultra high power aperture accumulation for anti stealth capabilities.

With a maximum detection range of over 350km.

It uses terrain adaptive measurement technology with altitude precision comparable to conventional microwave radar.

The JY27A is considered world class among similar products.

The JY27 not only excels at detecting stealth targets but also has strong anti jamming capabilities, good mobility and high precision in tracking high speed moving targets.

It is also capable of performing missile warning duties.

The blogger claims that in 2016, China first showcased the JY27 anti stealth radar at the Zhuhai International Airshow.

Then in 2017, the US Navy allocated $2 billion in its 2018 budget to enhance the ability of new jamming aircra.

This was specifically aimed at China's advanced medium wave radar.

However, the blogger also mentioned that in 2019 an early version of the JY27 radar deployed by the Syrian army was destroyed by an Israeli Air Force F16 fighter.

He believed that Israel had conducted thorough preparations beforehand.

First, the J16 suppressed Syria's SA22 armor system with electronic warfare.

Then they used the Delilah cruise missile for standoff attack, completely destroying the Armor 2 system.

Taking out the Armor 2 essentially eliminated the J170 Y27's low altitude defense.

Afterward, the F16 easily dropped a Spice 1000 guided bomb to destroy the JY27 radar, completing the mission.

The blogger finally admitted that air defense operations cannot rely solely on only one or two advanced radars.

It is necessary to network various types of radars for complementary advantages, reducing the possibility of a complete collapse if the enemy breaches a single point.

Moreover, strengthening the radar's electronic warfare capabilities is crucial.

Electronic warfare has become a force multiplier and ignoring it will result in heavy losses.

Just two months ago, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Pedrino Lopez boldly announced that five US F35 fighters had approached the coast at 400 knots within the Maquetia Air traffic control area.

The air defense system precisely detected them.

Chinese state media claimed that Venezuela's ability to lock onto the Stealth fighter was mainly due to China's JY37 anti stealth radar.

The article introduced this equipment, which operates in a frequency range of 240 MHz to 390 MHz covering both VHF and UHF bands.

The radar takes advantage of the resonance effect of the medium wave radar to counter stealth advantages.

When the wavelength closely matches the F35's fuselage structure, its radar cross section can soar from 0.001 square meters to 0.1 square meters.

Its maximum detection range reaches 390 kilometers with a 3.5 degree angle and 15 meter accuracy.

The article further states that the key to Venezuela's defense is the Chinese radar Matrix.

It built 12 JY27 radars combined with S band JYL1 and JY11B radars to complement each other.

The medium wave radar provides long range early warning while the S band radar offers 15 meter level accuracy for fire control data this multi band coordination effectively eliminates the band evasion space for stealth fighters.

As early as 2020, this radar locked onto an F22 approaching Venezuelan airspace and this time it successfully detected an F35, confirming the practical reliability of China's anti stealth technology.

The article concluded that Venezuela is fully capable of resisting US military pressure with the core being its detection interception closed loop system.

The S300 VM air defense missile with a range of 250 kilometers can share target data in real time with the JY27 complemented by the Russian made Buk M2E medium range missile system.

It has a range of 45 kilometers forming a multi layer interception network.

So the question arises, if Venezuela recently claimed to have detected F35s using their radar, why did it fail this time?

And considering the painful experience of Syria's air defense system being easily destroyed by Israel, why didn't Maduro learn from the past and allow failure to repeat itself?

Public information shows that Venezuela's air defense system is almost identical to Syria's.

It is equipped with the same JY27 anti stealth radar and Russian made S300 VM air defense missiles along with S band radar and The Russian made Buk M2E medium range missile system.

Taiwanese military expert Suzuyun speculated the US military may have first conducted electronic suppression and then deployed F35 stealth fighters from the Dominican Republic to reduce the chance of being detected by Venezuela.

Afterward, they attacked the La Carlotta Air Force Force Base and the La Guayra port, first suppressing Venezuela's naval and air forces.

In other words, the US military employed a strategy similar to Israel's 2019 destruction of Syria's JY27 radar.

First they conducted electronic suppression, then deployed F35 stealth fighters to destroy Venezuela's missile launch bases.

Afterward, a helicopter team made a long range entry to pick up Maduro.

Veteran analyst Mr. Z stated that the true reason for the success might be surprising.

Maduro being highly cautious of policy, possible U.S. action likely remained on high alert.

It can be said that aside from the US military showing exceptional tactical skill, it may also have been closely coordinated with an insider.

Firstly, the US military had been preparing for this operation for several months.

While offering Maduro opportunities to step down, they were also making thorough preparations for an assault two months ago.

The detection of the F35 might have been part of a US strategic deception.

The F35s likely entered Venezuela's airspace multiple times without detection, collecting information and misdirecting strategically.

It's worth noting that the discovered deployment of the five F35s was likely intentional.

The formation of the five fighters created a much larger radar cross section, ensuring they were detected by the JY27 radar.

This was probably done to collect as many parameters as possible from the radar, while intentionally guiding Venezuela's military into thinking that should the conflict begin, the US would likely use F35s in a surprise attack.

As a result, the radar's primary focus parameters and alert directions would be concentrated on the offshore areas where the F35s might operate.

Since the F35s had entered Venezuela's airspace multiple times, even flying information, the JY27 radar was forced to activate several times, leaking the parameters of its radar emissions.

When the real operation occurred, the US Military likely used cruise missiles, drones and stealth platforms for precise long range strikes, incapacitating Venezuela's primary air defense radars, command centers and systems like the S300 and Buk.

Since the US military had already gathered precise information on Venezuela's air defense missile sites using high precision satellites, they were able to strike with near perfect accuracy.

This suggests that the main force in this US raid wasn't the frequently highlighted F35 on the morning of January 4th.

An Internet video indicated the US RQ170 stealth drone returned to Puerto Rico this morning.

This rare footage shows it after supporting the US airstrike on Venezuela.

By the time the helicopters appeared, Venezuela's air defense system had already been severely crippled.

Missile sites were destroyed, the command chain was broken and soldiers had no idea where to fire or were too late to act.

Secondly, the S300 VM and Tor M2 systems purchased from Russia were not outdated at the time.

However, nearly a decade of economic collapse and US sanctions had severely impaired spare parts management and soldier training.

Many air defense systems were operating with crippled functionality or in some cases were completely out of action in the night and complex electromagnetic environment.

Even if the radars survived the first wave of attacks, there was a high probability they couldn't detect stealth or low altitude targets.

And even if they did, there would be no missiles to fire.

Venezuela's Marine Corps had long been regarded as South America's most well equipped amphibious force with active equipment, including VN16amphibious assault vehicles with 105 millimeter artillery, VN18 infantry fighting vehicles, and

widely deployed VN4 Rhino armored vehicles.

Fire support relied on the SR5 multi barrier rocket system.

However, without air superiority and information support, these forces couldn't mount any effective resistance.

The battlefield footage shows multiple VN series tanks abandoned on the roads and beachhead areas after being hit by airstrikes.

The SR5 rocket artillery was unable to effectively target US forces due to a lack of target data links.

In addition, patrol vessels equipped with C802A anti ship missiles couldn't use their anti ship capabilities under the intense reconnaissance and electronic suppression by the US military.

What's even more astonishing is the speed of the operation.

Reports claim that the entire operation, from the initial explosion to the capture of Maduro, took less than two hours.

This raises suspicions about whether someone inside Venezuela may have been opening the door.

It is said that factional infighting within Maduro's regime is severe, with many senior military officers already having secret dealings with the US from 2019 to 2021, rumors of Maduro's decapitation circulated frequently.

A comprehensive assessment of the US military operation suggests suggests that the helicopter team flying low to avoid detection, successfully bypassed Venezuela's long range early warning radar when the team approached their target.

The first wave of US long range strikes hit at least five cities in Venezuela, including the coastal city of La Guayra Igorote, two airports and the Venezuelan Air Force headquarters in Maracay.