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To: Alas Babylon!

As I recall, these aircraft were very hard to detect with modern radars but they showed up like a sore thumb on some older Soviet systems - different bands used.


7 posted on 10/08/2021 8:49:44 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Oh, yes. The Red Chinese may have modernized all their systems and thrown away the old ones. They might be hosed when it comes to the Nighthawks.


8 posted on 10/08/2021 8:52:12 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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No radar in the world including our most advanced AEGIS, etc, can both reliably detect and target the U.S. stealth fighters and bombers. A spurious detection is of little use when targeting radars can’t get a lock on. Occasionally they might get a lucky shot (when the f117 flies the exact same track night after night — but we won’t do that again!!!).


19 posted on 10/08/2021 10:27:49 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: 17th Miss Regt
...but they showed up like a sore thumb on some older Soviet systems - different bands used.

That's news to me. I was still active duty then, and I don't remember that being so. The older the radar system, the stealthier it was. The Iraqis had plenty of old Soviet radar and didn't see it unless they went outside and looked with their own eyes.

Do you have a source?

22 posted on 10/09/2021 6:04:07 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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