I have read Soay's post & I'm afraid, Captain Stable, that what I understand him to be saying is: Radar WILL pick up targets far more reliably than any eyeball (provided it is switched on). That is all!!!
The eyeball cannot see through haze, cloud, into the sun etc.
Radar CAN.
He does not in any way suggest that one should RELY on radar & sit fat & happy till the bang.
Most people are saying that they missed MOST of them.
No one has said the radar missed ANY of them.
You, Captain, seem to be of the impression that everyone is somehow blundering through the sky oblivious to everything & that only pure luck is keeping us alive. Please try to believe that this is not the case.
I hope you see this as an attempt to clarify the actual situation & not an attempt to insult you.