Radar speedtrap
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ebay lol
For some reason, this reminds me of the Bruce Cockburn song "If I had a rocket launcher, some sonofabitch would die"......
(for the record I don't believe the story to be true but it's a good story none-the-less)
Funny story, but it's gotta be bogus.....
1) Cop radar guns are very weak - otherwise they'd fry the cop and passing motorists... ergo the plane wouldn't pick it up
1a) Cop radar only has a useful range of a mile or two so it certainly wouldn't pick up a plane out over the ocean
2) Even if it could military weapon systems do not automatically arm and fire.... especially during peacetime
3) Even if they did... the jet would have been being painted by several ATC radars that would provide much better targets
4) the sophisticated fire controls in the jet can differentiate between different types of weapon radars (ie SA-7, SA-9, Patriot, Zeus AA......) and wouldn't pick up the traffic radar as hostile... even if it could detect it.
5) the Sidewinder is a Heat-Seeker, not a Radar-Seeking Missile
6) the Sidewinder is also an Air-to-Air weapon not Air-to-Ground
1) Cop radar guns are very weak - otherwise they'd fry the cop and passing motorists... ergo the plane wouldn't pick it up
1a) Cop radar only has a useful range of a mile or two so it certainly wouldn't pick up a plane out over the ocean
2) Even if it could military weapon systems do not automatically arm and fire.... especially during peacetime
3) Even if they did... the jet would have been being painted by several ATC radars that would provide much better targets
4) the sophisticated fire controls in the jet can differentiate between different types of weapon radars (ie SA-7, SA-9, Patriot, Zeus AA......) and wouldn't pick up the traffic radar as hostile... even if it could detect it.
5) the Sidewinder is a Heat-Seeker, not a Radar-Seeking Missile
6) the Sidewinder is also an Air-to-Air weapon not Air-to-Ground
Moraff: Right on all points.
Also, police radars switch off when not triggered. They do not normally operate continuously. A radar seeking missile would be unable to home on a "off" police radar.
The exception would be photo-radar, which runs continuously. In that case, in war time, missiles away!
Also, police radars switch off when not triggered. They do not normally operate continuously. A radar seeking missile would be unable to home on a "off" police radar.
The exception would be photo-radar, which runs continuously. In that case, in war time, missiles away!
Again... the military would not waste missiles on photoradar as it would not match known weapon system radars nor would it be strong enough to be considered a threat. Military radars are far more powerful than photo/speed radars. Ie: E3 - Sentry: range of about 250 miles, most fighters probably in the 30-40mi range..... photo/speed radar: 1 to 2 miles.
Many of the widely held understandings of radar and anti-radar devices are archaic and incorrect. This is rarely discussed in textbooks, even though it is trivial to show that these understanding are false. As it is not "in the textbook", it is not a good idea to discuss this further on a public board. Certain military and police interests do not want this information to become widely known. This is sensitive information.
