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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Lots and lots of ChiCom radar domes on Fiery Cross Reef |
| 2020-06-06 |
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 If the Vietnamese claim it, then they own it and can scrub it. Let's sell them the medium range missiles to do it. |
| Posted by: rammer 2020-06-06 22:02 |
| #2 Not all RF transparent domes are RADAR. This could be a passive array. Interesting grid arrangement, poss ISAR? From the Wiki: Perhaps the most visually striking and scientifically compelling application of ISAR is in the deep space imaging of asteroids. I would guess the three small ones to the left are optical trackers for Kalman steering the big grid. The damned thing looks like it would simulate a dish several hundred feet in diameter. I'm assuming the apparent distortion in dome shape may correlate to different antenna shapes therefor frequencies. Pretty cool. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-06 10:14 |
| #1 More properly claimed by either Viet Nam or the Philippines, it is Chinese by possession. Strategically of value, tactically it is a sitting duck. South Vietnamese fishing boats fleeing the Communist takeover and making their way to Palawan in the Philippines used this reef as a marker. |
| Posted by: b 2020-06-06 09:34 |