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Wiki shows a top speed of 340 mphUh, I thought top speed was 550 mph not 342 mph. The former would have given it a rather small time from detection to firing
Ship radar will detect it like a boulder on an ant's butt!Flying very low just a couple of meters above the water it might not have been so easy to detect with radar although it has no obvious stealth characteristics.
Flying very low just a couple of meters above the water it might not have been so easy to detect with radar although it has no obvious stealth characteristics.
yes but detection range will be limited radar horizon - around 20 nm. Aircraft mounted radar will have no such restriction - in such case detection range is limited by airborne RADAR celling, RADAR's signal power, target RCS and many details in RADAR design - antenna directional gain, used signal conversion algorithms, wave clutter elimination methods etc.Ship radar will detect it like a boulder on an ant's butt!
Copy but bottom line, whether its surface radar or airborne radar, this craft is not invisible to radar and when it is picked up will have the RCS the size of a mountain!yes but detection range will be limited radar horizon - around 20 nm. Aircraft mounted radar will have no such restriction - in such case detection range is limited by airborne RADAR celling, RADAR's signal power, target RCS and many details in RADAR design - antenna directional gain, used signal conversion algorithms, wave clutter elimination methods etc.
I fully agree that RCS of LUN or KM was probably close to a barn or could be a whole farm
Copy but bottom line, whether its surface radar or airborne radar, this craft is not invisible to radar and when it is picked up will have the RCS the size of a mountain!