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Anti-ship missiles are designed specifically to make for small radar cross-sections and to fly below radar range.
by UnoriginalGuy 13y ago
Anti-ship missiles are designed specifically to make for small radar cross-sections and to fly below radar range.
- Symmetry 13y agoYes, but "below radar range" in this context means below the horizon, which even from the top of a ship is only 15 km away or so. At mach 4 a Sunburn can cover that distance pretty quickly. I'm sure the low radar visibility make a big difference when hiding from AWACs on the approach, but since radar returns scale with the fourth power of distance I don't see how a missile could possibly have such a low cross section as to be invisible at as close a range as 15 km.