Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Remember you also aim missiles via radar too, which is what I think they're
> trying to avoid.

Sure, they can reduce the radar cross-section of a 20m long jet fighter to that
of a small ball bearing.

I bet they don't stand a fair chance, however, to reduce the cross-section of an
airplane carrier to anything a missile could not lock on.

> Uh, I guess you didn't see that report.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002

No, didn't. But I think it still does make my point:

"They also used a fleet of small boats to determine the position of Blue's ships
without being detected"

Heh. Sounds to me like they actually *saw* them.

"Red launched a massive salvo of cruise missiles, overwhelming the Blue forces'
electronic sensors, destroying sixteen warships."

IIRC cruise missiles are typically GPS-guided, so no radar needed here either.
For the end flight, IR sensors would do - I guess a hot flight deck against the
cold sea will make a perfect target. You might even hit some fighter plane
revving up their engines ready to take off with live ammunition. Or a passive
radar sensor, for that matter: They typically have some real huge radar
antennae on airplane carriers, and I heard that they actually use them...

"Soon after that offensive, another significant portion of Blue's navy was
"sunk" by an armada of small Red boats carrying out both conventional and
suicide attacks, able to engage Blue forces due to Blue's inability to detect
them as well as expected"

I guess these hard-to-detect boats had a small radar cross-section *and* a small
optical cross-section, IR signature etc.

(Nice thinking, team Red! :P)

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