Andrew gilligan says it had the 'latest' ESA radar in Libya - surely this would have been the pesa version, which I thought was largely considered a technology deadend and not as good as captor?
I'll admit the true aesa due in rafale from 2013 production -
should - be better, but who knows, they said that about the pesa.
I thought aperture size would always be linked to range, all other things being equal. Radar equation hasn't changed I don't think.