Type 354 Radars are one of the most widely deployed air and surface search naval radars in Chinese service. The Type 354 was predominantly found on major People's Liberation Army Navy

People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...

 (PLAN) surface combatants such as the Luda class destroyer

Luda class destroyer

The Type 051 destroyer missile destroyer was the first surface warfare oriented vessel ever designed and built in China, and the first Chinese ship to be fitted with an integrated combat direction system...

 and Jianghu class frigate

Jianghu class frigate

The Type 053 frigates were a family of Chinese ships that served with the People's Liberation Army Navy , and a small number of foreign navies. The Type 053 was developed from the Soviet Riga-class frigates after the Sino–Soviet split....

in the 1980s and 1990s. By 2006 it was slowly being replaced in favour of the Type 360 or Type 364 radar for new vessels.

The radar can be recognised by its distinctive large “orange-peel” paraboloid reflector antenna.

Specifications

• G/H band (4–8 GHz)
• Beam: 1.2 × 5 deg
• Peak power: 500 kW
• Pulse width: 4 microsec
• Polarisation: Linear
• Beam width: 1.20 (horizontal); 1.30 (vertical)
• PRF: 400 or 800 Hz
• Scan rate: 4–10 rpm
• Resolution: 800m (range); 1.30 (azimuth)
• Range : more than 93 km on aircraft of RCS of 10m2
• Other reported names:
  • MX902
  • H/LJQ-354