In the 60s carrier based A-3 heavy attack bombers flying above 40,000 feet
often could approach a warship and not be detected on the air search radar
even when passing overhead.

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"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message
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How good was shipborne radar in the 60s against a 2003 airforce? For
example, could a 1964 ship detect an incoming modern strike
before the explosions began in the face of modern ACM.

I ask both because I'm curious about the past and because there are navies
out
there using old-fashioned technology.