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- From: davehyde@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
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- Subject: SR-71 / MIG-25
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 08:42:47 -0600
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- In <lg5adgINNrsr@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff
- Miller) writes:
-
- >In _MiG Pilot_, it was mentioned that according to Belenko, it was
- >a crime to activate the radar on the ground because of its power,
- >and that it was capable of killing rabbits at some distance, I think
- >100 meters.
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- and in <greg.721698099@saltydog> "Gregory R. Travis" <greg@saltydog.dpsi.com>
- writes:
-
- >Modern weather radars of ~8kW or so have a "danger" area of only about 4ft in
- >front of the radome and do as good a job, or better, as their 1960s brothers.
-
- At least the military airplanes have a weight-on-wheels interconnect to
- prevent the radar from
- transmitting on the ground. These can be overridden for ground tests. Point
- that thing out over
- the water! Another problem with powerful radars comes during formation and
- inflight refueling.
- No WOW switch here!
-
- Dave Hyde
- davehyde@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
- So I said to the Navy, "These are my opinions, go and get your own."
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