Originally Posted By: ricnunes

EDIT: Actually I'm curious to know if it's possible to employ some kind atmospheric bounce effect in order for a radar to be able to detect aircraft at ranges that exceeds the Earth's curvature as pointed out by MK_PL?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duga-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar

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