Originally Posted By: Hpasp
Stealth* planes are the REAL ghosts 7 of the last century.

Here are some publicly available and collected data for you to calculate with...

1, S-125M Neva manual page 39...
... contains Serbian account for the detection range of the F-117A with P-18 (Spoon Rest).

2, S-75M3 Volhov manual page 18 contains detection range of the MiG-21 with P-18 (Spoon Rest).

3, As the standard WarPact target MiG-21 has 2,2m Radar Cross Section, now you can calculate the REAL RCS of the F117A, using this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_cross_section

4, As you have the RCS detection capability of the SAM Fire Control Radars against standard WarPact target (MiG21), now you can calculate predicted maximum detection range against the F117...
(S75M3 - pg22/23, S125M - pg12, 1S32M2 - pg16, 5N62VE - pg13)

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*I only discuss the F-117A capabilities here, that is already withdrawn from service.



So, for Sa-2 in Wide Beam - (0.001698/(2.2/80^4))^(1/4)= 13.5 km detection range
in Narrow Beam - (0.001698/(2.2/130^4))^(1/4)= 21.67 km detection range

for Sa-3 detection range - (0.001698/(2.2/80^4))^(1/4)= 13.5 km detection range
tracking - (0.001698/(2.2/50^4))^(1/4)= 8.5 km detection range

Hm... not so much...

Last edited by piston79; 10/10/11 05:44 PM.