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Iraq has passive radar?
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Posted on 09/26/2002 7:48:40 AM PDT by Jake0001
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What would we do without our "good allies" the Russians?
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posted on
09/26/2002 7:48:41 AM PDT
by
Jake0001
To: Jake0001
It's more of a passive-aggressive radar. From the web page
Passive-aggressive pattern:
- Aggression comes out in indirect ways
- Sometimes agrees to do things for others and then doesn’t follow through
- Often feels pressure to perform, and has expectation and fear of failure, procrastination
- Also passive-aggressively defeats his own inner critic, so can’t discipline self
- Fails in a way that indirectly expresses anger and defeats others in order to preserve autonomy in the only way he feels he can, because aggression is not allowed
Sounds like Saddam's military strategy to me, especially in relation to UN resolutions.
To: Jake0001
First, it's the Ukranians, not the Russians (they don't exactly see eye-to-eye, but neither of them see the US as a friend). Second, while the technology does exist to detect and track stealth aircraft from useful ranges, the system can't provide enough resolution to target stealth at useful ranges, and thus "active" radar or IR must be used (at the reduced ranges/effectiveness they're effective at against stealth).
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:00:10 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: Jake0001
Kolchuga is a weapons system?
It tells ya' what is up there, doesn't do a damn thing to jam or attack! The aircrew doesn't know they're being seen, but they should know where they are.
(sigh)
kj
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:00:35 AM PDT
by
AzJP
To: Jake0001
Known as passive radars, they are reported to be able to locate all types of aircraft - including stealth aircraft - while themselves remaining virtually undetectable. Passive radars are not vulnerable to HARM missile attack, since they do not emit any signal. They monitor existing VHF/UHF TV transmissions and cell-phone tower transmissions. A stealth aircraft may absorb radar directed towards it, but it will cast a "shadow" if it flies between a TV tower and a passive radar station
To: TrappedInLiberalHell
If Ukraine sold advanced radar systems to Iraq, then they ought to be advised they share the blame for any deaths that result. If American die as a result of these useof their radar, then they will have to deal with the consequences.
If some of those 200 missing nukes were sold to Iraq ..... they got big problems!
Better 'fess up @ssholes!
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:02:55 AM PDT
by
ex-Texan
To: Jake0001
Ukraine's opposition is staging a second day of protests Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoly Zlenko is to hold urgent talks in the United Nations, following allegations that Kiev approved the sale of advanced radar systems to Iraq. The socialist are his opposition. Now, aren't they the same group of liberals who claim Iraq is not a threat? If he's not a threat, why are they at all concerned? They should be happy the wealth is shared.
To: Jake0001; belmont_mark
I wonder indeed. Buy your chem suits.
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:09:09 AM PDT
by
lavaroise
To: Jake0001
What's passive radar.
To: SauronOfMordor
#5..... Thanks for the explanation.
To: SauronOfMordor
Passive radars are not vulnerable to HARM missile attack, since they do not emit any signal. They monitor existing VHF/UHF TV transmissions and cell-phone tower transmissions. A stealth aircraft may absorb radar directed towards it, but it will cast a "shadow" if it flies between a TV tower and a passive radar station. If you target the electrical power generating and distribution systems, there won't be enough power available to run cell phone towers and TV stations.
To: SauronOfMordor
All one has to do is target the towers, which I think HARM can do. If they're using cell towers, while they're much harder to target (more of them, and they're usually piggybacked onto a civilian target), the range is less simply because the signal used is weaker.
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:14:00 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: Paleo Conservative
That'll work too. I'm sure that there's a couple of other tricks up the USAF's sleeve.
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:15:35 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: concerned about politics
They are upset because we have cut off their foriegn aid
To: Jake0001
The British successfully tracked F-117s from the Gulf during Desert Storm using low band search radar. The fact that that would happen has been known to Lockheed, the Air Force and quite a few other people since initial susceptibility and emissions testing was done on the Knighthawk.
To: SauronOfMordor
but it will cast a "shadow" if it flies between a TV tower and a passive radar stationSimple solution, remove the transmitter part of the
system. Bye bye TV tower, cell phone tower, and all other emitters with enough signal strength to be used
by the detection system.
"Passive" really isn't correct, since there is an active
transmitter involved, just at a remote location from the receiver.
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:17:11 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
To: Lion's Cub
They are upset because we have cut off their foriegn aid Good point. Socialists can't survive without that free handout. Good observation.
To: TrappedInLiberalHell
"passive-aggressive radar."
LOL! Very funny!
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posted on
09/26/2002 8:22:39 AM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: Jake0001
To: aristeides; thinden; honway; piasa
FYI
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