{"id":112628,"date":"2026-07-11T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=112628"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:05:43","slug":"an-fps-115-pave-paws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/an-fps-115-pave-paws\/","title":{"rendered":"AN\/FPS-115 Pave Paws"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>AN\/FPS-115 Pave Paws Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan&#8217;s AN\/FPS-115 Pave Paws radar system played a crucial role in tracking China&#8217;s recent ballistic missile launch from the South China Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About AN\/FPS-115 Pave Paws<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>ultrahigh-frequency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UHF; 420\u2013450 MHz) <\/span><b>phased-array system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for<\/span><b> detecting submarine-launched ballistic missiles.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>developed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>US defence contractor Raytheon.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides tracking ballistic missiles, it can <\/span><b>monitor aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cruise-missile-vs-ballistic-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">cruise missiles, <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> maritime activity.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>AN\/FPS-115 Pave Paws <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can detect targets with a radar cross section of 10 square metres at a<\/span><b> range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>array antenna <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contains 1,792 active elements within a diameter of 72.5 feet (22 metres).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each active element is a module with its own solid-state transmitter, receiver, duplexer, and phase shifter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Two antennas make up a system,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with each capable of covering a sector 120 degrees in azimuth.\u00a0 Vertical coverage is from 3 to 85 degrees.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unique aspect of this radar system is the <\/span><b>phased array antenna technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This system <\/span><b>differs from a mechanical radar, which must be physically aimed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at an object in space to track or observe it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phased array antenna is a fixed position and is part of the exterior building wall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phased array antenna aiming, or beam steering, is done rapidly by electronically controlling the timing, or phase, of the incoming and outgoing signals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, it <\/span><b>continuously scans large areas without mechanical rotation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, enabling <\/span><b>rapid detection and tracking of multiple targets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> simultaneously.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/international\/pave-paws-taiwans-1-4bn-radar-that-precisely-tracked-chinas-surprise-ballistic-missile-launch\/articleshow\/132302082.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN\/FPS-115 Pave Paws is an ultrahigh-frequency phased-array system for detecting submarine-launched ballistic missiles. 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