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Hear radar

jwill at pacbell.net jwill at pacbell.net
Mon Nov 9 15:51:11 EST 1998


In article <Alan.Peake.84.0762EEE9 at dsto.defence.gov.au>,
  Alan.Peake at dsto.defence.gov.au (Alan Peake) wrote:
>
> >In any case you're talking about civilian technology (again). By means of
> >miniaturization (nanotech) and HTC (high temperature conductivity), it is
> >possible to build today very sophisticated and complete phased-array radars
> >of suit-case/"pocket" size with many kilowatts of average output.
>
> Gee, how did they manage to reduce the speed of light so much that an antenna
> that would normally occupy a few acres can now fit in a suitcase?
>
> Alan
>
>

I wonder:  Might it be that the wavelengths are shorter than required for
over-the-horizon missile systems?

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