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They also could have had ground penetrating radar. Note the path of the balloon was over the US missile silos https://geo-matching.com/content/new-approach-to-
by lettergram 4y ago
They also could have had ground penetrating radar. Note the path of the balloon was over the US missile silos
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Outside the atmosphere you would not be able to do it
- sandworm101 4y agoIf that thing had a radar strong enough to see through dirt from 50,000ft, it should have also been causing havoc to all sorts of electrical equipment too.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y agoI know nothing of radar, but could the radar be shaped like routers beam forming? Couldn’t the radar also be switched off over the majority of inconsequential areas?
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> could the radar be shaped like routers beam forming? Yes, SAR [1]. [1] https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/backgrounders/what-is-sar https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/backgrounders/what-is-s...
- 4gotunameagain 4y agoSAR is just a method to virtually increase the aperture of the antenna with a moving platform, it is unrelated to the localisation of the beam
- ridgeguy 4y agoYou could. The Space Shuttle flew missions with an imaging radar that discovered ancient riverbeds beneath deep sand in the Sahara. At the time, some thought it would have worked equally well to disclose buried military infrastructure. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/shuttle-imaging-radar-a-sir-a https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/shuttle-imaging-radar-a-si...
- kefka_p 4y agoNot just silos, going through the Dakotas and Missouri put it fairly close to Ellsworth and Whiteman, as well.