alt Hacker NewsI seem to recall reading (on HN, no less) that advanced passive radar technology is classified as munitions, by the US Government and is under export controls?
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charcircuit • yesterday at 1:56 AM
You are probably thinking of this thread:
I seem to recall reading (on HN, no less) that advanced passive radar technology is classified as munitions, by the US Government and is under export controls?
You are probably thinking of this thread:
Yes, they are on the BIS Commerce Control List. It doesn't need to be particularly advanced to be export controlled.
5A001.g Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems or equipment, “specially designed” for detecting and tracking moving objects by measuring reflections of ambient radio frequency emissions, supplied by non-radar transmitters. Technical Note: For the purposes of 5A001.g, non-radar transmitters may include commercial radio, television or cellular telecommunications base stations.
https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/documents/regulations-docs...