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To: airdalechief

No radar returns, no worries.


3 posted on 12/15/2024 5:02:20 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

The radars that detect anomalous returns are focused out of the U.S. The radars that are focused in rely on transponders aboard each individual aircraft to return a signal for the most part. One is for strategic reasons, one is for air traffic control.


28 posted on 12/15/2024 5:34:18 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: gundog

Well, sometimes the guys that look at the radar screens refer to “them” as
“Spurious Returns!” YIKES!


62 posted on 12/15/2024 6:54:44 PM PST by BatGuano (DJ Trump and JD Vance, winners, Praise The Lord.)
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