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Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by marshmallow_12 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:53AM (#26329065)
heavy bombers reached their ceiling, i think with the b-52. developing new bombers, as far as i can see, is a criminal waste of resources, post Cold War.
Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by dotancohen on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:27AM (#26329568)
The B-52 can be detected with COTS equipment by anyone who can solder and watch a Youtube video. The B-2 could not be detected by the most advanced radar equipment available to the time of its launch, and even today most equipment not fielded by or funded by Russia or the US could not detect it. Your mailbox key literally has a larger RCS than the B-2.
Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by Stratoscope on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:18AM (#26330422)
Forgive my ignorance, but I'm probably not the only one who is wondering what COTS and RCS mean here?
Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by bee_rider on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:39AM (#26330800)
COTS = Commercial off the shelf (stuff you could pick up in a Radioshack before they became mini-Bestbuys, basically).

RCS = Radar Cross-section (a bit more field-specific, more or less how "big" the thing looks on radar, but it is a bit jargony -- it depends on things like the material and radar wavelength).

Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by KMag on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:33AM (#26330695)
COTS -> Commercial off-the-shelf

RCS -> Radar cross section

Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by cjhockey on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:32AM (#26330680)
COTS: Commercial off the shelf, stuff you can buy easily.

RCS: Radar Cross Section - how big of a reflection an object makes at radar wavelengths.

Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by whiw on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:38AM (#26330786)
"Customer Off The Shelf" and "Radar Cross Section"
Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by joshyeager on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:32AM (#26330674)
Commercial Off The Shelf

Radar Cross Section

Re:Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web bro... by marshmallow_12 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:18AM (#26330419)
russia doesn't need bombing anymore. The stealth bomber has had the rug pulled out from beneath its feet. It was effectively obsolete from day one.