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How the Serbs shot down a stealth fighter - http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/041199kosovo-stealth.html http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world

How the Serbs shot down a stealth fighter - http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/041199kosovo-stealth.html http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/041199kosov... . Apparently their radars were too low-tech to NOT detect it :)

talmand 14y ago
I see no indication their radar was that low-tech. From what I read it seemed more a success of human intel and capability versus any technology. The thing is with planes, if you can see it then you can likely shoot it down.
- psionski 14y ago
  I couldn't find a good article in English, the one I pasted was very poor on details. Here is a Google translation (sorry) of a Bulgarian website - http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpan.bg%2Fview_article-6-9985-V-Syrbiq-otbelqzaha-tyrzhestveno-godishninata-ot-svalqneto-na-nevidimiq-F-117.html http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&... . The plane was on their screen the whole time. That's their radar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-18_radar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-18_radar , it has been in use since the '70s, the latest ones manufactured during 1984. P.S. The translation says "you downloaded 'stealth'" in one place. Believe me, they mean "you took down 'stealth'". It's not one of those "you wouldn't download a stealth bomber" things. P.P.S. What does the standard say, if I start using apostrophes in a paragraph because the quote contains double quotes in it, should I use apostrophes for all my quotes or could I just switch back to double quotes?
  - talmand 14y ago
    Old doesn't necessarily mean low-tech. A quote inside a quote uses single quotes. A quote inside a quote that's inside a quote goes back to double quotes. If that's what you're asking. He said, "You said, 'My friend said, "Hello World!"'." Thankfully that doesn't happen too often.

talmand 14y ago

I see no indication their radar was that low-tech. From what I read it seemed more a success of human intel and capability versus any technology. The thing is with planes, if you can see it then you can likely shoot it down.

psionski 14y ago
I couldn't find a good article in English, the one I pasted was very poor on details. Here is a Google translation (sorry) of a Bulgarian website - http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpan.bg%2Fview_article-6-9985-V-Syrbiq-otbelqzaha-tyrzhestveno-godishninata-ot-svalqneto-na-nevidimiq-F-117.html http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&... . The plane was on their screen the whole time. That's their radar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-18_radar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-18_radar , it has been in use since the '70s, the latest ones manufactured during 1984. P.S. The translation says "you downloaded 'stealth'" in one place. Believe me, they mean "you took down 'stealth'". It's not one of those "you wouldn't download a stealth bomber" things. P.P.S. What does the standard say, if I start using apostrophes in a paragraph because the quote contains double quotes in it, should I use apostrophes for all my quotes or could I just switch back to double quotes?
- talmand 14y ago
  Old doesn't necessarily mean low-tech. A quote inside a quote uses single quotes. A quote inside a quote that's inside a quote goes back to double quotes. If that's what you're asking. He said, "You said, 'My friend said, "Hello World!"'." Thankfully that doesn't happen too often.