(B2431) wrote:

From: (Michael Petukhov)
Date: 1/10/2004 11:48 AM Central Standard Time
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RuAF have received first 10 new NEBO-U long range antistealth radars
working in the range of meter's waves.

Meter wavelengths? You mean the same ones com/nav radios use?

He probably does.

The article on the F-117 kill (http://www.aeronautics.ru/f117down.htm)
indicates that the kill was from two SA-6 missiles.

But... The inbound tracking was reportedly accomplished by a 1950's vintage
Soviet radar operating in the 165 - 190 cm range (158 - 181 MHZ). Useful
for ground-based early warning, but pretty much useless for fire control
purposes.

Both the Germans and Brits realized that stuff was near useless in WW2.

True for any sort of precise tracking, mapping and fire control. The big
Chain Home and German early warning systems were easy targets.

They needed centimeter wavelengths.

Especially for airborne use. Size, weight and power consumption become
much greater issues.

About 15 years ago the U.S. was playing with millimeter wavelengths if
memory serves.

I've been out since 12/1992, but I do remember reading about some work on
systems operating in the 20 GHz - 40GHz range.

| George Ruch
| AF, MSgt, ret.