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hollerith 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Is the attack helicopter dead?

The way the USAF has been doing it for a few decades is to make the illuminator very powerful so it can stand back 600 miles. They call it AWACS.

hajile 7 months ago [–]

AWACS can't lock onto a stealth plane from that far away.

hollerith 7 months ago | [–]

Agreed.

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