Another often overlooked factor making hard to detect Stealth, is that long range target acquisition radars are focusing their output power (main beam) at few degrees above the horizon (0 to 9 degree in case of the P-18), and their capability to search upward, a high flying close target is limited.



Last edited by Hpasp; 09/16/14 06:50 AM.

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