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Passive radar depends on the reflection of ambient RF by the target. A drone radiating for ECM purposes (or any other) might illuminate the airplane it is suppo
by mannykannot 7y ago
Passive radar depends on the reflection of ambient RF by the target. A drone radiating for ECM purposes (or any other) might illuminate the airplane it is supposed to be protecting.
On the other hand, the algorithms behind passive radar might depend on knowing where the transmitters are. Maybe one could triangulate the drone directly, but not so easily if you have multiple drones transmitting short bursts asynchronously. And if there are enough decoys, it would be like chaff.
- inetknght 7y ago> Passive radar depends on the reflection of ambient RF by the target. A drone radiating for ECM purposes (or any other) might illuminate the airplane it is supposed to be protecting. That's a very good point which I neglected to consider.