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Old 18th Jan 2013, 02:26
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Dan Winterland
 
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The big problem with responding visually is that although the altitude representation of the contact is going to be accurate, due to the way the azimuth representation works, the contact bearing can be as much as 30 degrees out. This can mean the target which is visually aquired is the wrong one!
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