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Re:The 'war tubas' we used to spot warplanes before radar (2... by foldr on Thursday May 28, 2020 @07:48AM (#23336178)
Most do not have supercruise, so they would spend most of their flight at high subsonic speeds.
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Re:The 'war tubas' we used to spot warplanes before radar (2... by rtkwe on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:49AM (#23337182)
Then it becomes a battle between the detection range of the audio sensors vs how long the attacking craft can spend supersonic. They could spend the last phase of the approach supersonic and even transition then turn to make any tracking useless.
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