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Very, very, few SAMs use an active seeker. Based on open source information none of the SAMs available to Ukraine would fit this description. Most of the ones that do use active seekers are long range variants that use the active seeker to reduce range induced track ambiguity by allow the...

Similar to how it was put to us at one point, "if you cannot get folding your underwear correctly, I don't want you maintaining the defensive system that is going to save my ship". T!

^^^ This right here. Most air traffic control centers rely on secondary radar (transponder response), that is true. However primary radar (real radar, relying on target return) still exists. So you still sometimes want the aircraft tracked for safety-of-flight purposes. Plus there are...

I mean come on man, the F-35 is called Fat Amy, and it is positively svelt looking compared to this. Can you imagine what nickname the X-32 would have ended up with? T!

I suspect I, (just a guess here, I am not directly associated with the B-21 program in any way) that it has more to do with the 21st century and posturing the warfighter and services for the 21st century. Everybody likes buzz words, and an aircraft harkening to a buzz word will probably last...

An example to put this into something the average person can get their head around. When you walk barefoot down a carpet, your feet contact the carpet for a second or two each step, transferring your body heat to the carpet, changing the carpet temps where you make contact by some very small...

http://www.tokenradio.net/Radio/SharedFiles/UtilityTfer/TakaTaka_TG.mp3 T!

I was recently watching them work on a small wildfire. The teamwork and tactical considerations were actually impressive. A smaller aircraft (Beech 200 Super King Air, N741JR) was "Lead 55". He stayed on scene for hours, and performed the task of pathfinder and coordinator for most / all of...

Least people misunderstand the concept of "lightweight, portable", each of the 10 individual packages that make up the total system weigh in the 200 - 300 lbs (90 - 140 kg) ranges. The total weight of the radar, when assembled, is well over a ton. I never worked with the 1B myself, but I did...

Bombers blister on the Valiant B1? Although I don't remember that having a wiper on it. T!

It is true that magnetron systems typically are not phase coherent on transmit. There are ways to make that happen (such as pumping the magnetron), but probably nothing implemented during WW II. However, magnetron systems can be coherent on receive, which would allow Doppler based MTI...

Possibly he meant that such systems were not in use in large numbers or with major fielded systems. Or maybe he just made a mistake, either on his own or one of the editors / contributors of the Handbook. It is pretty clear from references that the basic technologies involved were understood...

Below is my take on what you are seeing. Keep in mind I have very little knowledge of the H2S specifically, but this thread has piqued my curiosity, and I will endeavor to educate myself on the subject. The book you quote was written in the late 1980's I think. By that time the term "Pulse...

It's those taxi speeds at Kadena .... (sorry, don't know how to do a tongue in cheek emoji) T!

The AIM-9X is an imaging seeker, not really heat seeking. I mean, sure, it works in the IR (and maybe other spectrum also) but it works by detecting the contrast of the edges / shape of the target. And IR is a world of contrast. Your eyes work the same way, when looking at those pictures of...