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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2023, 16:36
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

As a former radar and comms techie, my view is...

As a former radar and comms techie, my view is that the apparent increase in detections of "stuff" since the massive balloon incident is down to NORAD doing the digital equivalent of reducing the...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2023, 07:33
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

This isn't what this is about though. There are...

This isn't what this is about though. There are no important "messages" during the key stages of acquisition and attack. It's about sensors. Knowing how any active sensors are finding, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 22:19
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Don't need decryption if you're looking at...

Don't need decryption if you're looking at countermeasures against the techniques being used.. In broad brush terms you can counter pretty much any threat if you have enough data. This isn't really...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 21:46
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Exactly this. Getting up front and personal data...

Exactly this. Getting up front and personal data from an attacking platform and weapon is the holy grail for anyone intent on countermeasures. Being able to get this in near real time and upload it...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 21:16
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Do the research. The hangars and launch...

Do the research. The hangars and launch facilities were publicly identified in 2013. No doubt western intelligence knew of them long before that. They've been spotted a handful of times over the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 19:58
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

I did a bit of digging around on the web. Just...

I did a bit of digging around on the web. Just after the first one was shot down. Loads of them have been flying very long distances for around a decade. Some are believed to have gone right around...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 18:05
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Why not? Would the attacking aircraft use a...

Why not?

Would the attacking aircraft use a completely different sensor suite specially reserved for balloons?

Would the weapons used be special ones with completely different target...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 17:43
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Pretty simple. Any attacking aircraft and weapon...

Pretty simple. Any attacking aircraft and weapon system needs to find the target. This may use active sensors the thing can record and uplink for later analysis. The attacker then needs to acquire...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 16:11
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Makes a lot of sense. They are a pretty cheap...

Makes a lot of sense. They are a pretty cheap and easy way to record the way an intercept takes place and relay that data via an uplink for later analysis.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 15:24
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Not to mention that shooting these things down is...

Not to mention that shooting these things down is a great training opportunity. That alone makes the cost worthwhile.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 13:12
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

There is a hell of a lot we don't know. These...

There is a hell of a lot we don't know. These things have been flying for around a decade now. Lots of reports of them in other parts of the world, mostly in the far east. If western intelligence...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 13:08
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Ballonets for buoyancy control (reducing the need...

Ballonets for buoyancy control (reducing the need to jettison gas or ballast) go right back to the start of ballooning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballonet
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 11:14
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

The Chinese are thinking "out of the box". I...

The Chinese are thinking "out of the box". I doubt they have any intention of putting nukes on these things. They are/were doing two things:

They were trying to demonstrate that they have a...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2023, 09:56
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

We shouldn't be surprised at all. This article...

We shouldn't be surprised at all. This article from July 2021 reported the construction of an airship hangar:...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2023, 22:37
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Some questions: How does anyone know the...

Some questions:

How does anyone know the airworthiness of anything unidentified and potentially flying over populated areas?

How does anyone know the intent behind whoever launched such a...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2023, 21:25
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Could have used the output from the lamb rogan...

Could have used the output from the lamb rogan josh I had last night :)
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2023, 20:29
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

My (limited) understanding is that the options...

My (limited) understanding is that the options for bringing the balloon down (the first one) were restricted. They opted to use a Sidewinder minus it's warhead as the best way to bring it down where...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2023, 20:43
Replies: 291
Views: 109,946
Posted By _Agrajag_

Anyone taking bets on how long it will take a...

Anyone taking bets on how long it will take a YouTuber to pull a prank with something like this? Watched a YouTube video last year. Bloke faked an engine failure in a light aircraft. Baled out (he...
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