How long until war with Russia?
The fact is that no ‘stealth plane’ is immune to detection from all wavelengths. The problem becomes one of the resolution of detection. With enough locators with the right areas of coverage and coordination can locate platforms that are supposed to be stealthy.
These low frequency arrays have been around for a long time. Often used for OTH and the odd use. The fact is that stealth planes are optimized for expected RF locator sources. That usually means from head-on incursion angles. Detection from underneath, or overhead (think satellites my friends) and the game gets trickier.
The truth is that stealth is for use against non sophisticated targets. They are not invulnerable from passive systems using ubiquitous sources, nor are they completely radar invisible. To believe ‘stealth’ is the panacea is foolish.
perfect. they’re spending money that they don’t have. it’s sort of what defensive spending is all about; our economic engine can drive our defense industry, while theirs cannot.
that’s what caused their first collapse. it’s likely to cause a second one.
One legend in the EWO community was that one of ours overflew one of theirs and blanked both out to ATC thereby revealing it's presence.
Detection has nothing to do with tracking. This RADAR type is Early Warning (EW) and is meant to hand off to a Target Tracker (TT) by providing range, bearing and altitude.
Can’t get enough data for target resolution?
Well, if ya got a gazillion sites and missiles...
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Detecting “something” in the air with a high-power radar is one thing; locating it with the precision necessary to destroy it is something else entirely.
One of the few accurately written articles on the subject I have read.