China has announced that it will be building the new Finback IIM, a Finback II, with a Russian-supplied Zhuk radar. The Finback as featured in Issue 5 on page 13. It is presently fitted with the High Lark, and even if fitted with the early-model NO-10 Zhuk it will represent an increase in capability, because it is compatible with newer missiles, and can engage six targets at one time. It also has modest terrain-following capability. Statistics are: Name Detection Range Large Medium Small VSmall Stealthy High Lark 67 42.9 26.8 12.1 6.7 NO-10 Zhuk 59 37.8 23.6 10.6 5.9 NO-11 Zhuk 84 53.8 33.6 15.1 8.4 All detection ranges are normalized for an 80% chance of detection. More News Alerts Taiwan Defense Expansion British Frigate, German Submarine Collide British Sub Propulsion Problems Finback Followup BT Back to The Naval Sitrep #6 Table of Contents Back to Naval Sitrep List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Larry Bond and Clash of Arms. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com