Re:Czech Passive Radar Detecting B-2 at 150 miles (2015)
by Enginerrrd on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:47PM
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Not to sound skeptical, but I've seen some stuff Ratheon was putting out at least 10-15 years ago and I think it had some pretty impressive optical sensors. Are we including the various infrared frequencies?
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Re:Czech Passive Radar Detecting B-2 at 150 miles (2015)
by nradov on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:17PM
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Optical and infrared sensors have improved a lot and can be a useful supplement but due to limited field of view and interference from weather you generally can't count on them for primary search. Unless the target is really time sensitive, B-2 mission planners try to fly at night in bad weather when those sensors are seriously degraded.