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2020-06-06 China-Japan-Koreas

Lots and lots of ChiCom radar domes on Fiery Cross Reef

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Posted by 3dc 2020-06-06 01:39|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 More properly claimed by either Viet Nam or the Philippines, it is Chinese by possession. Strategically of value, tactically it is a sitting duck.
South Vietnamese fishing boats fleeing the Communist takeover and making their way to Palawan in the Philippines used this reef as a marker.

Posted by b 2020-06-06 09:34|| 2020-06-06 09:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Not all RF transparent domes are RADAR. This could be a passive array.

Interesting grid arrangement, poss ISAR?

From the Wiki: Perhaps the most visually striking and scientifically compelling application of ISAR is in the deep space imaging of asteroids.

I would guess the three small ones to the left are optical trackers for Kalman steering the big grid. The damned thing looks like it would simulate a dish several hundred feet in diameter.

I'm assuming the apparent distortion in dome shape may correlate to different antenna shapes therefor frequencies.

Pretty cool.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-06 10:14|| 2020-06-06 10:14|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Vietnamese claim it, then they own it and can scrub it. Let's sell them the medium range missiles to do it.

Posted by rammer 2020-06-06 22:02|| 2020-06-06 22:02|| Front Page Top

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