Re: Battle blimps

At 7:12 AM +0200 4/18/02, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:

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>But Radar is, even nowadays, not the only sensor that an enemy can use.
>Modern fighters have TV sets with zoom optics and IR detectors. The
blimp
>would have to be stealthed against that, too.

Granted. But those suckers can hide in clouds and spend lots of time 
loitering. Additionally, if they are acting as the AEW and have lots 
of radar aperature to look at you with, they can also guide missiles 
in on you. Imagine a SPY radar that is not on the ship, but 14,000 
feet over the task group. Suddenly that radar foot print for those 
SM2ER's has a whole much longer range. Opforce would find their 
aircraft sitting on the ground with RWR's going off.
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