The first official appearance of the Chinese electronic warfare system ELINC CHL-906 integrated electronic warfare (IEW) systems with the Algerian army..
Algeria was the first Customer for this advanced warfare system from China, the CHL-906, which specializes in blocking hostile radar systems, be they land, sea or air.
Several sources indicate that Algeria received the system several months ago, before photos of its arrival were leaked through social networks, showing photos last week during the unloading of a ship in an Algerian port.
Manufactured by the Chinese ELINC, it is designed to cover a wide range of frequencies from the L band to the KA band, the range of interference can be up to 300 km,
while it can detect enemy frequencies in a range of 600 km. at the same time that it determines the exact location of its emission.
It also blocks signals from satellite navigation systems like (GPS, Baidu, Galileo, Glonass), preventing the enemy from using precision guided munitions based on this technology.
The newly introduced system is both passive, defensive and offensive.
It was developed as a more modern derivative of the Chinese companies
ELINC and CEIC LDK-190 and is used to:
- Detect enemy radio and radar emissions over a range of 600 km
- Determine the position, identify and classify enemy emissions over these distances
- Protect radars and anti-aircraft systems from anti-radiation missiles by “covering” the radar frequencies
- Block communications over a distance of 300 km
- Prohibit the use of GNSS satellite positioning systems (GPS, Baidu, Galileo, Glonass) by the enemy (air, sea, land) over a distance of 300 km
- Jamming frequencies from 0.5 to 40 GHz
- Detect stealth aircraft and ships
- Detect drones that are remotely piloted and remove their data link with the ground
- Detect AEW aircraft over a distance of 500 km
- To “fry” some radio-electric equipment thanks to the directional emission power of 500 Kw
The system is highly mobile, easily deployable on the front lines, and is capable of targeted electronic jamming as well as ELINT.
The system can also conduct multi-dimensional electronic reconnaissance, and work in sync via data-link with various hard-kill ADS platforms across Pakistan for an effective, coordinated and networked area-denial/anti-access capability for enemy aircraft.
An ELINT/ESM command and control station is also part of the system, mainly used to detect and locate all electromagnetic waves (including land, sea and air-based electromagnetic signals) on the battlefield .
After rapid analysis, it forms an information chart for decision-making and deployment. The system also performs SIGINT duties.
The system has an OEM range of 324 nautical miles (600 kilometres) and produces up to 500 kilowatts of effective radiated power.
The system can engage and jam airborne UHF/VHF voice and data radios.
The system can effectively jam both enemy ground-based and air-based communications nodes ;
Including but not limited to
-AEWACS and their ground entry systems
-Command and control nodes
-Airborne data-links [Both fighter-to-fighter and AAM-to-fighter
-As well as satellite communications and GPS / GLONASS.