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Animatsyesterday at 3:37 AM3 repliesview on HN

Right. The longer range versions of multistatic radar are used to detect stealth aircraft.[1][2] All that careful stealth geometry to minimize direct reflections doesn't help much when the emitters and receivers are in different locations.

[1] https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/18/737423/guardians-of...

[2] https://www.yiminzhang.com/pdf/radar13_passive.pdf


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Grayskullyesterday at 9:10 AM

Well, you don't even need a radar. Tamara sensor could detect B-2, when it had it's onboard radar on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_passive_sensor

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psunavy03yesterday at 3:42 PM

. . . because we all saw how effective Iranian air defenses were at countering stealth aircraft recently.

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4gotunameagainyesterday at 7:01 AM

No but the highly classified radar absorbing compounds that stealth aircraft are wrapped in definitely help :)

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