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What matters is what size dish the ELTA-2032 on that F-4 has, and I seriously doubt you've done some back of napkin calculations on RCS differences to determine anything is evened out.The F-16. like the F-18 has only room enough for a 28 inch radar dish. The F-4 has a 36 inch dish. Physics comes into play here. If both use the same basic system, the larger dish gets the better reception which just about evens out the size differences of the airframes.
Okay, what is the range of the F-4E's radar? Every resource I've seen states max range between 60-80 miles for ELTA 2032, it says as much on there on marketing brochure range up 80 miles. ELTA-2032 is also a 220 lb system, whereas an APG-79 AESA weighs 650 lbs, it's a far more powerful and higher performance radar.Superbugs have room for only a 28 inch radar dish. The Israeli system is custom built for each country. In the case of Turkey for their F-4Es, they provide a bigger (36 in) disk which is more receptive than the 28 in that is used in both the F18 and the F-16.
Okay, what is the range of the F-4E's radar? Every resource I've seen states max range between 60-80 miles for ELTA 2032, it says as much on there on marketing brochure range up 80 miles. ELTA-2032 is also a 220 lb system, whereas an APG-79 AESA weighs 650 lbs, it's a far more powerful and higher performance radar.Superbugs have room for only a 28 inch radar dish. The Israeli system is custom built for each country. In the case of Turkey for their F-4Es, they provide a bigger (36 in) disk which is more receptive than the 28 in that is used in both the F18 and the F-16.