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bemildred

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3. I used to know a radar engineer, she was my boss at the time, doing software battle sims.

Reply to unhappycamper (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 10:27 AM

Feb 2016

She could do the math better than me, and I'm no slouch.

And yeah, I think it is marginal horseshit. Marginal things can make a difference in war, but most likely it's going to be a marginal difference.

And the magical tech tends to want magical pre-conditions, the more magical, the more preconditions, like it must not be dark or rainy, there must be no hostile in the area, stuff like that. Computers and fancy comms at the cost of 40 lbs of batteries and occasional outages in the midst of a firefight, etc.

This affection in DC for big expensive weapons systems is a big mistake.

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Look Out, America: China Can Un-Stealth U.S. Fighter Jets [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2016 OP

China�s not-so-wonderful weapons bemildred Feb 2016 #1

I know that you can fool with radars to see the unseeable. unhappycamper Feb 2016 #2

I used to know a radar engineer, she was my boss at the time, doing software battle sims. bemildred Feb 2016 #3

Here ya go: Revealed: How to Kill a F-35 Joint Strike Fighter bemildred Feb 2016 #4

Sort of like quantum mechanics. bemildred Feb 2016 #5