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2 years ago @nuk92 According to the link you've posted, it also has been carried by the Pakistani Mirage 5 and Chinese JZ-8 (aka J-8R).
Edit : confirmed by JZ-8 (ID 2467), then by JZ-8F (3695 & 3696) in Rupprecht, Andreas. 2013. Dragons Wings : Fighter and Bomber Aircraft Development. Burgess Hill: Classic. 3596
For your further request : Source : Dimitrijevic, Bojan. 2020. SILVER BIRDS over the ESTUARY : The Mig-21 in Yugoslav and Serbian Air Force Service, 1962-2019.:
The converted MiG-21MFs were known as L-15M (modified) rather than L-15i (izvidjač, reconnaissance). They were stripped of radar and guns to enable better usage of the LORAP and to maintain proper flyability. A total of four MiG-21MFs (Nos. 22865 – 22868) were converted to LORAP carriers, while the L-14i continued to be used as platforms for Soviet reconnaissance pods. On 1 August 1984, a photographic laboratory was set-up in the underground facility at Bihać and, finally, the system became operational. Officially it was known as the “L” container and in the beginning of its usage only four pilots were converted to fly the LORAP-equipped MiGs, later expanding this number to most of the pilots in No. 352 Squadron. This system marked a significant step in equipping the Yugoslav aerial reconnaissance and it was used for wide and slope photography of the territories of the neighbouring countries. The camera did not have a horizontal limit and it could take images up to the end of the horizon. In practice, taken at an altitude of 10,000 metres it could cover up to some 110 kilometres of territory of Yugoslavia’s neighbours. In practice however, weather conditions limited the effective usage of LORAP to some 50-60 kilometres.
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nuk92
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Baseline
454 AN/ASD-12 Sharp
Hypothetical
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Name
KA-112A LORAP [1800mm Long-Range]
Sensor Generation
Late 1970s
Range (nm)
60
Sensor Capabilities
Surface Search, Land Search - Fixed Facility, Land Search - Mobile Unit, Heading Information
Sensor Codes
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) [Side Info], Classification [Class Info] / Brilliant Weapon [Automatic Target Acquisition]
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Scan Interval (s)
10
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The Lorap sensor is used in the LORAP Side looking visual recon pod. The system is side looking and has a range of 110km. It has a 1800mm focal length. It was state of the art in the late 70s.
Role: Visual, Reconaissance Frame Camera Ability: Visual, Second Generation TV Camera, I don't know what the Visual Zoom would be, the SLOS Visual Observation System with similar range, produced in the 80s has zoom detection 80.
The KA-112A LORAP pod has weight of 600kg.
"The long-range aerial panoramic photographic system (LORAP) has been developed to meet the requirements for an operational system which can acquire reconnaissance intelligence from a long-range side-looking vantage point. The heart of the LORAP airborne system is a KA-112A panoramic camera. The airborne portion of the system program encompassed the KA-112A, a pod, pylon, cockpit control, and aircraft modification as well as AGE (pod/camera handling and electronic test equipment), handbooks, aircraft certification data, training, spares, flight tests, and field service."
Sources
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979SPIE..175...53M/abstract "Second Generation panoramic imaging system: https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/lorap-pod-information-needed.153945/ 110km range: http://forums.airforce.ru/foto-video/printfriendly2217-7/ Second post, 1800mm focal length: http://il2forum.pl/index.php?topic=12081.300 used by Yugoslav Mig-21R: https://www.tmbbooks.com/de/airm_MiG03.html 600kg weight post by braca75: https://www.mycity-military.com/Avioni/MIG-21-Fishbed_1438.html
https://www.mycity-military.com/imgs2/139754_47821884_01_LORAP_MiG-21MF_867_1_detail.jpg https://media.tangosix.rs/2015/10/IMG_2175.jpg https://www.mycity-military.com/slika.php?slika=139754_155689104_recafa5m.jpg