Both your example and theirs would be better tests than a desert.
The desert is bad enough. On a hot day you get convection which will vary the refractive index of light and spread out the beam. I wonder if they have active optics on the transmitter to fight this.
The US is always geared up and ready to fight the previous war.
Unless, you know, we often fight in deserts that are remote?
The desert is bad enough. On a hot day you get convection which will vary the refractive index of light and spread out the beam. I wonder if they have active optics on the transmitter to fight this.