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So, it was accuracy driven?The higher you go, the less accurate your drop is going to be.
I thought it had to do with the distance from the chaff to the aircraft versus the length of the radar pulse? If I recall if you were within one half the pulse length times the speed of light (resolution cell) you'd appear on radar as one blip... or you'd blend in with the chaff. I'm not sure the length involved admittedly.When you lay your own chaff, it's behind you. It doesn't hide you very well from radars ahead of you.
That was known even in WW2, German radar operators became very good at picking off the planes dropping "window/chaff"When you lay your own chaff, it's behind you. It doesn't hide you very well from radars ahead of you.
Then why did SAC whip up all these plans around laying their own chaff? Seems they had a death wish...That was known even in WW2, German radar operators became very good at picking off the planes dropping "window/chaff"
Eh?Then why did SAC whip up all these plans around laying their own chaff? Seems they had a death wish...
SAC's nuclear-plans called for the B-52's to lay their own chaff if I recall.
I assume you mean SAM's right?Because most GAMs were launched from behind the target aircraft, it was a easier targeting solution.
SAC's nuclear-plans called for the B-52's to lay their own chaff if I recall.
Well at that point weren't we mostly flying low?The ADM-20 Quail was less than successful, and they certainly didn't want the Russians to find that out by using it over Vietnam.
It would have made a good chaff-layer at least...I've heard it called a waste of payload, and slightly better than nothing, years later after they retired it.
Yes, but aren't there ways of transmitting secure signals that are not easily detected and decrypted for short periods (i.e. enough to cover the length of a raid)?And just think for a moment about that "could be controlled by the bombardier "statement.
Controlled how ? By radio Transmissions? Radio transmissions could be detected and located even before the invention of radar.
The weave formations they flew were to make lock-on difficult, but the thing is if one had to change course quickly, that would put them away from the decoy's path.The Quail could be preprogramed before flight