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2020-01-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russian military deployed S-400 system near Iraqi border, tracked F-35s: media

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Posted by Fred 2020-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [32 views ] Top
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#1 Russian Armed Forces tracked six F-35 warplanes

Big whoop. They were most likely flying to be seen by other radars as they were not on a combat mission. And even when they do go for combat, you can only "see" them on long UHF frequencies. Which means you know a plane is over in that direction somewhere. Not even accurate enough for a targeting solution with a weapon.

The F-35 also has frequency jamming where they can overwhelm a radar with so many signals it basically shuts down. That feature has been proved in combat missions.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-01-22 11:06|| 2020-01-22 11:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Marketing 101

Posted by Frank G 2020-01-22 11:27|| 2020-01-22 11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Which means you know a plane is over in that direction somewhere.

"I feel a disturbance in the (electromagnetic) Force."

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-22 11:41|| 2020-01-22 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 So they were deploying their radars in support of Iran's various operations at the time?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-01-22 12:12|| 2020-01-22 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Ergo, testing at Dimona.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-22 12:26|| 2020-01-22 12:26|| Front Page Top

#6 And perhaps mapping the S-400 radar locations for HARM and other fun toys for later. Nobody seems to think of things like that.

Posted by Silentbrick 2020-01-22 13:35|| 2020-01-22 13:35|| Front Page Top

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