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The US military can track and engage ICBMs moving at 15k MPH but can't identity drones above residential neighborhoods in the continental US? They really do bel
by Eumenes 2y ago
The US military can track and engage ICBMs moving at 15k MPH but can't identity drones above residential neighborhoods in the continental US? They really do believe we're stupid.
- dboreham 2y agoBased on this post they're right.
- emchammer 2y agoThose are different types of radars and they are pointed in different directions.
- talldayo 2y agoQuadcopters occupy the same flight regime as most clutter does: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_(radar) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_(radar) Truth is, a Patriot system would probably also miss something like this unless it had special SHORAD or CIWS defenses alongside it. A lot of these drones are going to be invisible to conventional radar if they want to be.