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Old June 30th 08, 05:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Jack Linthicum
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Default "U.S. fighters ID bombers near Alaska: Russian flights smack ofCold War"

On Jun 30, 12:27 pm, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:05:16 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum

wrote:

Flight picked up by radar 500 miles out.


I doubt it. Radar is basically line of sight and even 300 is a long,
long way for radar.

Casady


Wanna bet? look up OTH radar, either frontscatter or backscatter.