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I thought the Serbs tracked the F117 they shot mostly by sight? They had a bunch of observers with cell phones. This got them a close enough fix to target it. N
by a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
I thought the Serbs tracked the F117 they shot mostly by sight? They had a bunch of observers with cell phones. This got them a close enough fix to target it. Not really an argument against keeping a low radar cross section.
- droithomme 12y agoWell fortunately we can ask him. The F-117 was downed by Colonel Zoltan Dani, former commander of the 3rd battery of the 250th Missile Brigade in Belgrade, on March 27, 1999. Question: "How did you manage to spot the stealth fighter?" Zoltan Dani: "To that end, we used the Soviet-made P18 meter band radar which is capable of tracking any warplane irrespective of the configuration of its fuselage. The radar started to emit and we discovered a target at a distance of 15 kilometers – something that our operators were distinctly seeing on a display. I was quick to order the launch of a missile which destroyed the target." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-18_radar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-18_radar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoltán_Dani http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoltán_Dani http://voiceofrussia.com/2012_03_24/69369732/ http://voiceofrussia.com/2012_03_24/69369732/