Alcun Atirutan BBS

Alcun Atirutan BBS

d deprecated_ii@poa.st
obviously we just built those fixed radars for fun, we don't really need them. there's absolutely no difference between a little 10 kW portable radar that runs off a generator and an 870 kW grid-tied radar. they're just numbers really, and what do numbers even mean?

90% rambling, like going on about that one time that this guy.... brimshae@poa.st

@deprecated_ii He's not wrong, though. SSPARS only has (an officially listed...) range of about 3,000 miles, from a known fixed location. Theypre also lower resolution than modern days systems, which us important in the age of drone warfare.

When he says ''Any Burke in the fleet" he's talking about destroyers, of which we have close to 100 (some assembly required). The SPY 6 radars are able to track more targets, and smaller targets as well, which, I repeat myself, is important in the age of drone warfare.

So yes, it's bullshit that a radar building got damaged, but it's on its way to becoming borderline obsolete do to the changing nature of modern warfare.

d deprecated_ii@poa.st
@brimshae what do you mean "only" 3000 miles? destroyer radars can't see anywhere near that far. you could park arleigh burkes all along the iranian coast and fail to detect missile launches in the entire northern half of the country

the qatari radar was also built in 2013. it's not a cold war relic

90% rambling, like going on about that one time that this guy.... brimshae@poa.st

@deprecated_ii Things built on old tech are still old tech. A deuce is still 1940s tech, even if it was built in 2006 (well, those use a newer engine and an automatoc tranny, but you get the idea).

d deprecated_ii@poa.st
@brimshae physics doesn't change with the times. systems that could detect missiles 2000 miles away in 1965 could still do so today, but ship radars will probably never have that capability. you can only fit so large an antenna on a ship

ironically, cramming the ground radar into one relatively small package through advanced technology made it a lot easier to destroy. if it was one of those giant radar arrays from the 60s it would still be working

zaitcev zaitcev@poa.st
@deprecated_ii @brimshae Not if the control cabin is hit.

Kazriko kazriko
@deprecated_ii @brimshae Definitely a mistake that Russia makes with radar, they think that range is the most important thing, but if your track resolution is crap at 3000 miles, all it really serves as is an early warning for the largest of weapons. More modern US radars focus on track resolution so they can put a warhead in the path with the greatest accuracy, they only need to see far enough out to get the warhead up to altitude before the target gets close.
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