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> The system could track an object the size of a soccer ball from a distance of 300 miles (480 km), and its mission was to monitor Soviet ballistic missile test
by dmos62 4y ago
> The system could track an object the size of a soccer ball from a distance of 300 miles (480 km), and its mission was to monitor Soviet ballistic missile testing in the reentry phase
Sounds pretty cool.
- H8crilA 4y agoIf you were to somehow point this radar back at the aircraft itself it would probably melt the airframe :)
- IYasha 4y agoAnd I wouldn't want to be that soccer ball either :) Radar-related stories from army service time are of the most frightening ones.
- H8crilA 4y agoNah, at a distance things are quite alright. EM power decreases with the second power of distance. At shorter distances you really have to be careful! Fighter jets have 3 no-go zones: engine inlet, engine outlet, the radome. It was a ridiculous system, though.