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To: Nachum

I wonder if Iron Dome can see a cruise missile if it were flying low?


2 posted on 03/01/2014 9:24:53 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL

“I wonder if Iron Dome can see a cruise missile if it were flying low?”

Typically, no. Antimissile systems have to detect incoming devices. A cruise missile will likely spend much of its flight below the ground clutter. It may pop up to clear various obstacles but the radar sweep would have to be passing that area at that moment otherwise the blip will be too short and the software will likely screen it out as noise.


12 posted on 03/02/2014 3:29:12 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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